As state leaders threaten a redraw of their maps, Republicans may have an advantage over their Democratic counterparts due to local laws impeding partisan gerrymandering attempts.

Democrats have struggled to counter GOP efforts to frame itself as the party of "law and order." Some see it as a problem of messaging, while others think past and current policies may be to blame.

Democrats said Republicans in the Texas House crossed a line by detaining them en masse and then assigning state troopers to trail them everywhere they go.

"Pod Save America" host Jon Lovett lamented during a podcast interview with MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace that Democratic voters don't know what the party stands for.

Democrats are searching for a positive vision to inspire voters, and leading the pack, at least among party elites, is the brand of “abundance”. Popularised in a recent book by journalists Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson,

Democrats hoping to retake the Senate in the midterm elections next year are targeting the seat of Senator Collins, a Maine Republican who is seen as a moderate.

The governor is the top presidential contender among Democratic-leaning voters in the state, according to the latest POLITICO-Citrin Center-Possibility Lab survey.