Last month, Battleground turned two years old and this week I hit a milestone of 300 subscribers! In that time I’ve published over 200 posts, so if you’re new here there’s a lot of great content in my archives worth checking out. In this email, I’m lifting up some of the best posts that can help us glean where our country is headed in 2024. I’ll be back in early September with new content!

Many newer readers probably don’t know about The Fifty: for my first 50 posts I reviewed each state’s 2020 presidential election results. After finishing all fifty, I put together this guide that walks through them all, region by region. Many of these posts dive deep into historical context that is incredibly helpful when trying to understand today’s politics in each state across the country.

Hidden in "Greater Idaho", Lies the American Redoubt Justin Brown · Mar 6 Read full story

Idaho’s conservative statehood movement has only grown since my first post in 2021. Turning over a couple stones on the story introduced me to the horrors of the American Redoubt: a white supremacist movement that overlaps with Greater Idaho.

Wisconsin: How Conservative Talk Radio Weaponizes Whiteness Justin Brown · Feb 13 Read full story

For further exploration of white supremacy in today’s politics: go give my most up-to-date post on Wisconsin a read. I dove deep into how conservative media weaponizes whiteness, from talk radio to Fox News and beyond.

In North Carolina, Rural Minorities Are Forgotten Swing Voters Justin Brown · Jul 10 Read full story

North Carolina Republicans appeal to rural voters through White grievance politics. Democrats haven’t bothered with much rural outreach at all in recent elections. So who's courting the state’s large population of rural minority voters? The state’s new Democratic chairwoman (the youngest state party chairperson in the country) has a plan to change that.

America's New Majority-Minority Congressional Districts Justin Brown · September 8, 2022 Read full story

After finishing up my 50-state tour through redistricting, I used that treasure trove of data to highlight America’s New Majority-Minority Congressional Districts. This is a five-post series that dives into the political nuances of America’s diversifying communities.