Larry Sabato

Director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics and editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball. He’s author of “The Kennedy Half Century; The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy.”

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Founder-Director of the Center for Politics and Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia; Editor in Chief of Sabato's Crystal Ball; author of A More Perfect Constitution: 23 Proposals to Revitalize Our Constitution and Make America a Fairer Country, Pendulum Swing, about the midterm elections, and The Kennedy Half-Century: The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy

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Republicans have secured their long-term goal: a right-wing majority on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Republicans have secured their long-term goal: a right-wing majority on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Less than 15 months ago, Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders made a 10-minute announcement to a few reporters and hustled back into the Senate.

The Bernie Sanders Phenomenon: How Long Will It Last?

Less than 15 months ago, Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders made a 10-minute announcement to a few reporters and hustled back into the Senate.

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For Ted Cruz and John Kasich, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." Donald Trump is looking like a big winner tomorrow in several Northeastern states.

Can a Cruz-Kasich Partnership Stop Trump?

For Ted Cruz and John Kasich, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." Donald Trump is looking like a big winner tomorrow in several Northeastern states.

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