Open Dialogue Research Journal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_6BM8nuc4U 28 October 2026 in Atlanta THEN PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE the 44th President of the United States, President Barack Obama. >> Hello Atlanta. [screaming] Hello for folks. [cheering] Ah, it is good to be back in Georgia. It is great to BE WITH YOU. IT’S GREAT TO be […]
Just days before the midterm elections, two sets of figures released within days of each other describe the same mood from opposite directions. A Reuters/Ipsos poll puts Donald Trump’s approval rating at 32%, the lowest of his presidency. A study by the non-profit Food & Water Watch finds that US […]
With Election Day two weeks away, nearly every signal from the Senate races favours the Democrats. Polls, election models and the general political climate point their way, and Republicans are scrambling to shore up even states they normally take for granted. Momentum has reached deep-red territory such as Kansas and […]
Part I Part II Pat III For Democrats, the central problem extends beyond messaging. Policy proposals addressing healthcare expansion, infrastructure investment, child tax credits, or rural broadband may enjoy substantial support when evaluated individually. The difficulty arises when voters question whether national leaders genuinely understand local priorities or intend to […]
Part I Part II The rise of Donald Trump cannot be understood without examining this broader environment of distrust. While discussions of Trumpism often focus on rhetoric, personality, or controversial statements, its electoral success reflects deeper structural conditions that predate his political career. For many voters, Trump did not necessarily […]
Primary night after primary night, a pattern keeps repeating in Democratic contests around the country: candidates running well to the left of the party establishment, often with a fraction of their opponents’ campaign budgets, keep winning. Pundits have spent months debating why. The explanations on offer range from genuine ideological […]
For most of six years in Donald Trump’s orbit, Natalie Harp occupied a role that was essential but largely invisible to the public: the aide who followed him with a portable printer, fed him curated headlines, and drafted the social media posts that would later carry his name. That obscurity […]
For generations, Jewish Americans have been among the Democratic Party’s most reliable constituencies, consistently supporting its candidates and identifying with its commitments to civil rights, social justice, and minority protections. Yet an increasingly vocal segment of Jewish Democrats now says the relationship is under strain. As debates over Israel’s military […]
Recent primary elections offered an early glimpse into the evolving balance of power inside both major American political parties, but nowhere was the shift more apparent than in New York, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani demonstrated that his political influence now extends well beyond City Hall. By helping propel three progressive […]
For decades, commentators have tried to explain one of the most significant political transformations in modern American history: the steady erosion of Democratic support across rural America and the simultaneous consolidation of Republican dominance in communities that once formed the backbone of the New Deal coalition. The phenomenon has often […]
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