There's no question that a Democratic Congress plus a Trump presidency would equal gridlock. Nothing moves, nothing changes, nothing gets accomplished, nothing gets reformed. Voters know this.

Electing Democrats means nothing happens. Elect Republicans, and at least there's a chance.

There's no counting the number of times the media have asked, 'Will this be the thing that drives Donald Trump's supporters away from him? Is this finally the time?'

Obama's numbers fell by a slightly larger amount over his first few months because he enjoyed much more support right at the start from Republicans, support that eroded quickly.

'Staunch conservatives' and 'free marketeers' are fairly typical Republicans, while the 'American preservationists' are far less reliably a part of a GOP coalition.

Candidates, of course, often claim that they want to run 'a purely positive campaign,' but this rarely materializes.

Tax reform exists, sort of, as an outline - miles away from being actual passed legislation.

The idea that someone, somewhere will campaign in a positive, uplifting way on an agenda that can inspire Americans? I'm sadly done holding my breath.

Let's think about where things stood in December 2015. By that time, Republicans had already had such epic and long-standing struggles with young people that I'd written a whole book about it. Additionally, Republicans had already had a bruising start to their primary season.

Young voters may be growing up in an era of increased global connection, cooperation and commerce. But they're very open to politicians who tell them it is these very things that are keeping elites in power and keeping their generation down.

Fast-moving views are not likely to be strongly held views. Instead, they're much more likely to be about people mirroring back the signals they see coming from the leaders they support. People can resolve dissonance by shifting their own view on issues that aren't top of mind.

When the oldest batch of millennials really first began voting around the mid-2000s, they leaned a little toward the Democrats, looking a lot like the Gen Xers also did at that time.

Major realigning events can reshape coalitions and change how large groups of people view politics, policy, and the parties.

Maybe President Trump will turn out to be a fabulously successful president who will endear the millennial generation to the Right anew.

I remember fancying myself a junior 'McCainiac' in 2000, though politics were rarely discussed in our household.

My slice of the millennial generation, as we grew up, became - to the dismay of the GOP - a bloc of fairly consistently Democratic voters.

Winning feels great, and everybody loves a winner. But the very best figure out what's coming next and don't assume they've got the winning formula forever.

With Trump assuming the role of America's CEO, it may be chaos rather than callousness that threatens to harm his standing with the American voters who are giving him a chance.

President Trump, who made his name in the business world and built a brand as a successful CEO via a reality TV show that punished incompetence, was not just elected for a series of tough policy views.

Trump was elected in part because enough Americans viewed him as a capable and strong leader, someone who is 'decisive' and 'competent.'

'Trump is a mean man' is a message that Democrats used time and time and time again in the 2016 race. Airwaves were filled with reminders that Trump has insulted just about everyone.

Thoughtful education programs and access to effective forms of contraception are key to preventing unplanned pregnancy.

True small-c conservatives should fight at every turn to preserve basic standards of conduct and institutions that have served our nation well.

Not all change and disruption succeeds, to be sure.

Conservative women often make the case that 'all issues are women's issues,' and are sometimes derided by those on the Left when they do so.

Women want fair taxes, a growing economy, affordable health care, secure borders, and the defeat of ISIS. They don't need the solutions to be wrapped in pink. They just want problems solved.

Women face unique challenges in society, no doubt. But focusing narrowly on women as a special interest group isn't the winning play. The ability to pay your bills, send your kids to a good school, and keep your family safe are 'women's issues' after all.

Being a skeptical and thoughtful consumer of polls is essential.

In the 2012 election, the polls that had made Mitt Romney so confident that he was going to win were his own internal polls, based on models that failed to accurately estimate voter turnout. But the public polls, especially statewide polls, painted a fairly accurate picture of how the electoral college might go.

Donald Trump, having spent decades in the public eye as an entertainer, may not understand what the nuclear triad is, or what America's 'first use' nuclear policy is, or why starting a trade war would be a disaster. But he does understand storytelling, the power of a clear narrative, and the importance of stirring emotion.

I used to be so intensely preoccupied by unhappiness... now there are times where you might get down, but you can move on much faster now.

If you're feeling insecure and you need to feel special, the best place to go is somewhere foreign where people treat you as special because you're different.

Life is too short to live on low-fat everything.

Baths are my favorite thing. I can have two, three a day.

I've realised that I am who I am and that is it. Like it or lump it. I'm not around to please anyone any more, and it's a huge relief.

As a younger actor you want to be approved of, you want to gain respect, be admired. All of those things. To say: 'This is me playing this character. And aren't I fantastic!' I don't feel that so much now.

If anyone says, 'Let's have a girls' night out,' I will run in the opposite direction.

I think people do work too much. I've never been able to understand the whole 'make hay while the sun shines' thing. Either I want to work or I don't want to work.

I do not want to pour out my heart to the world. I am cautious of what I say and to whom.

My body is a baby machine.

I think the sheer number of pop stars has kind of drowned out, somewhat, our interest. We're just submerged.

People will now go to films with subtitles, you know. They're not afraid of them. It's one of the upsides of text-messaging and e-mail. Maybe the only good thing to come of it.

French is a foreign language, but I've been speaking it since I was 18 so it's second nature to me.

You don't choose a film because it's made by a woman, you choose it because it's good.

As an adult, it's a huge shock to be orphaned; as a child it's just hideous, ghastly.

I'm a bit of a Doubting Thomas - always worrying about things.

Now, playing a love interest can be really thrilling, if you're working opposite thrilling people.

I am sure that, had I grown up with both parents, had I grown up in a safe environment, had I grown up with a feeling of safety rather than danger, I would not be the way I am.

When I speak English, I've been told, I have this patrician way of speaking that's very irritating. It's the whole class thing.

Sometimes, I think I could have been a major movie star with the vast mansion and staff. I look at my Volvo and think it could be a limousine. I think of the roles I turned down. But then I wouldn't have had any children.