Democratic strategist and ROKK Partner Kristen Hawn joined Balance of Power to discuss the outcome of the presidential election and the future of the House of Representatives. See the full conversation on Bloomberg.
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Republican strategist Ron Bonjean gives NPR a fresh take on Trump’s election success. Full analysis here.
Election Day is finally upon us. After a long campaign cycle that will be remembered for historic and shocking events, the American people head to the polls on Tuesday to render their verdict on the nation’s future.
Campaign 2024 is winding down. But our heated political season is far from over.
Once the ballots are counted and the results are known, Americans will start to process the political, cultural and social ramifications of this election. Given the sharp divisions in our country and acrimonious nature of this campaign—often framed in apocalyptic terms—it’s inevitable that the election’s outcome will leave half the country bitterly disappointed and the other triumphant. This dynamic will become increasingly tense as newly elected leaders prepare to take office next year, moving from broad stroke campaign pledges to the definitive act of governing.
Read Executive Vice President Jeff Grappone’s piece in PRNEWS.
Businesses and CEOs are “in for a rollercoaster no matter who is president,” PRovokeGlobal delegates heard this week, during a session considering how companies can position themselves post-election.
“I have five draft statements for election night in my inbox right now looking at various scenarios, including there not being a clear decision that night,” Michael Steel, Senior VP of Communications at Business Roundtable, said.
Regardless of the uncertainty, the panel – which included ROKK Solutions Co-Founders and Partners Ron Bonjean and Rodell Mollineau – agreed that companies should be geared up for social unrest and take into account the lessons of the last eight years.
“In terms of social unrest, we should anticipate that, it’s part of the planning process that organizations need to have,” Bonjean said. “Don’t do something you’re not willing to follow through on, that’s the lesson of the last eight years.”
Mollineau added: “If you look at companies on the centre left like Patagonia and Ben & Jerry’s, and companies on the centre right like Chick-FilA, they never waver on what they believe. “They are – I don’t want to say bulletproof – but there’s really no daylight between their principles in 2018 and 2024. It’s hard to pick them apart.”
Read more insights in PRovoke Media.
On the stump, Donald Trump likes to tell his supporters he needs a “landslide” win in 2024 so that his victory will be “too big” for Democrats “to rig.”
But off the campaign stage, the former president’s team is striking a more measured tone.
The GOP nominee’s stronger performance this cycle in RealClearPolitics’ battleground-state and national polling averages compared with 2016 and 2020 indeed has Republicans feeling confident in their chances — albeit less bullish on a landslide win than they were a few months ago when Trump was running against Joe Biden.
Ron Bonjean shared his thoughts in National Review about Trump’s chances to win last night’s election.
Democrats for years have struggled with working-class, populist voters, ceding precious political territory to Republicans. This year, a slate of congressional races could help reverse the tide — or intensify it, even beyond Election Day.
Democratic lawmakers like Sens. Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Jon Tester of Montana, and Reps. Jared Golden of Maine, Mary Peltola of Alaska and Marie Gluesenkamp of Washington, represent working-class communities and are running tough reelection campaigns this year. With Republicans’ tissue-thin House majority and Democrats’ one-seat Senate majority, their races are among those at the heart of both parties’ paths to congressional control.
ROKK Senior Vice President and Democratic strategist John LaBombard shared his thoughts with ABC News, providing expertise as a former Senate aide to red-state Democrats.
He emphasized “the importance of having go-to figures in the national party where those folks can stay to their constituents, ‘we’re not just another national Democrat. We understand working people. We understand and can speak to these issues.’ And it helps the Democratic Party to be a bigger tent and be more appealing and less toxic to winnable voters.”
Read the full article including additional insights from John LaBombard on ABC News.
With the presidential election less than two weeks away, both VP Kamala Harris and Former President Donald Trump are making their closing economic pitches. ROKK Partner and Democratic strategist Kristen Hawn spoke about the issue with Bloomberg’s Balance of Power. One of the issues Kristen focused on was the importance of bipartisan support for the next administration.
“For any big policy change, whether it’s minimum wage or the taxes that are going to sunset that we’re going to have to deal with at the end of 2025, whoever’s president of the United States is going to have to work with both chambers, likely both parties to get it done,” said Hawn.
Catch the full episode and additional insights from Kristen Hawn on Balance of Power.
For the first time in decades, the seat for Republican party leader is up for the taking. Republicans John Thune (R-S.D.), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Rick Scott (R-FL) have all put their hats in the ring. The fight between tradition and embracing a new era for the republican party will center this contentious election.
In fact, they said, no matter who is elected as the next leader, they cannot decentralize power and democratize the GOP conference on their own.
Republican strategist Ron Bonjean, former top spokesperson to former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and former chief of staff of the Senate Republican Conference, said that “Senator Tillis is acting as a proxy for McConnell” who isn’t publicly discussing changes to the conference but is passionately arguing against certain reforms in closed-door meetings.
Learn more on this perspective from ROKK Partner Ron Bonjean as he speaks to the game plan of one of McConnell’s allies with FOX News.
Former President Trump’s historically influential endorsement could prove unconvincing in the Republican Senate leader race — if he chooses to offer one at all.
Senate Republicans, including those who will be newly elected, will gather in Washington, D.C., shortly after the election in mid-November to hold a secret ballot to determine the next GOP leader.
The next leader will succeed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who is the longest-serving party leader in Senate history
Trump could choose to weigh in, but he could run the risk agitating Republicans in the Senate “would not appreciate being told who to support from anyone outside the chamber,” said Republican strategist Ron Bonjean, a former top spokesperson to former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and former chief of staff of the Senate Republican Conference.
Any such endorsement could also prove moot if Trump doesn’t win the presidential election, which will be held roughly a week prior to the leadership vote.
“We may not know the outcome of the November election for who controls the White House until after the race is over,” Bonjean pointed out.
Read the full article including ROKK Solutions Partner Ron Bonjean’s analysis with FOX News.
Former union leader Dan Osborn’s independent run for U.S. Senate in deeply Republican Nebraska has shown unexpected strength and if he pulls off an upset victory could make the Navy veteran a Washington wild card next year.
A series of recent polls has shown Osborn within striking distance of incumbent Republican Senator Deb Fischer, a surprise in a state where Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leads Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris by 18 percentage points and that last elected a Democrat to the Senate in 2006.
ROKK Senior Vice President John LaBombard shared his thoughts on the matter with Reuters