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This Week in Texas: ABC13 Tom Abrahams speaks with the leaders and members of the new political party, the Forward Party!

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A political party soon hopes to be a home for disaffected Republicans and Democrats and anyone who identifies as a politician as The Independent spends time with ABC13’s This Week in Texas. The video above is from our 24/7 live stream. It’s called the Forward Party and it’s gaining momentum, according to its organizers. It was founded by former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang. The party recently held its first convention here in Houston, with at least 1,300 registered people attending, more than the 200 people had anticipated. RELATED: Party…

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Biden struggles, as does his party, as most Democrats look elsewhere for 2024: POLL!

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With his party struggling in the midterms, his economic leadership being heavily criticized and his overall job approval at less than 40%, a clear majority of Democrats in a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll say the party should replace Joe Biden as the presidential candidate in 2024. In the upcoming November midterm elections, registered voters divide 47%-46% between the Republican and Democratic candidate in the House district, historically not enough to prevent typical losses in the first half of the period. A potential voter model has a Republican-Democratic split of…

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President Joe Biden’s popularity improved substantially from his lowest point this summer: : AP-NORC poll!

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President Joe Biden’s popularity has improved dramatically from its lowest point this summer, but concerns about his handling of the economy remain, according to an Associated Press-Public Affairs Research poll. Support for Biden rebounded from 36% in July to 45%, driven in large part by a rebound in support from Democrats just two months before the November midterm elections. During the bleak summer months when gasoline prices peaked and lawmakers seemed to be deadlocked, Democrats faced the prospect of heavy losses against Republicans. They look better after a string of…

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