Language moments can come from anywhere. Lee Carter identifies the most consequential words and language that reshaped American politics in 2025, in this insightful piece for Foxnews.com.
Democrats had some big wins nationwide this past Election Day. While Democrats understood what resonated with voters this year, Republicans are facing challenges similar to what cost Democrats so dearly in the recent past. Lee Carter says it all centered around one big issue–and one resounding message: AFFORDABLITY.
Mamdani didn’t win because New York suddenly fell in love with socialism. He won because he captured something every politician should be listening to right now: a deep frustration that the system doesn’t feel fair anymore. Lee Carter shares thoughtful, timely analysis about why Mamdani won in this opinion piece for FoxNews.com.
Every few election cycles, America rediscovers an old political pastime: name-calling dressed up as moral clarity. This year’s favorite epithet is “socialist.” But when we label something, we often fail to see what’s really resonating. Republicans warned Barack Obama was a socialist. He won twice. In 2016 and 2024, Democrats branded Donald Trump a fascist. He still won. The pattern is clear: moral name-calling doesn’t persuade. It polarizes. It makes us feel righteous but sound out of touch. In this thought-provoking opinion piece for FoxNews.com, Lee Carter suggests that when everything becomes an “-ism,” we stop listening for the “why.”
There are moments in American politics when the ground shifts beneath our feet; when something that seemed fringe, even laughable, suddenly becomes the center of gravity. Today, that something is the MAHA movement: “Make America Healthy Again.” According to Lee Carter in this opinion piece for FoxNews.com, dismissing MAHA is not just shortsighted, it’s dangerous.
What’s in a name? Everything, if you consider the Trump administration’s decision to rechristen the Department of Defense to the Department of War. Lee Carter chimes in on the debate in this provocative thought piece.
If you wanted a case study in why so many Americans believe the system is rigged, you couldn’t script it better than what’s happening in Texas right now, according to Lee Carter in this opinion piece for FoxNews.com.
Americans see Republicans and Democrats fighting over everything but what matters most to them. Lee Carter shares her views on the latest Congressional polls and what Americans are really focused on, in her latest appearance on CNN.
The path forward for the Democratic Party has been debated on the left and the right since last Election Day. In her latest piece for FoxNews.com, Lee Carter says that path is now clear—if the party is willing to learn from its own, and from its greatest rival.