How Ohio’s ballot vote could preview the 2024 politics of abortion

The ballot initiative Ohio voters will decide Tuesday is likely to demonstrate again the continuing public resistance to last year’s Supreme Court decision ending the nationwide constitutional right to abortion – while also offering an early indication about how broadly that backlash may benefit Democrats in the 2024 election. … […] Read more »

The GOP’s Lurch Toward Extremism Comes for the Border

… The red-state offensive against undocumented immigration sits at the crossroads of two powerful trends in the Donald Trump–era Republican Party. One is the growing movement in the red states to roll back a wide range of civil rights and liberties, including voting rights, access to abortion, and LGBTQ protections. […] Read more »

Pennsylvania: Trump Leads GOP Primary, Biden vs. Trump a Toss Up

In a state considered key to presidential elections, former President Donald Trump is leading a crowded field of candidates seeking the GOP nomination, receiving 49 percent support among registered Republican voters in Pennsylvania, followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis receiving 25 percent support, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released […] Read more »

Mississippi: 21% of Republican primary voters back Democrat Brandon Presley over GOP Gov. Tate Reeves

by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today A new Mississippi Today/Siena College poll shows one-of-every-five likely Republican primary voters would vote for Democrat Brandon Presley over incumbent Republican Gov. Tate Reeves in the November general election. Many of those voters, however, still don’t know enough about Presley to have a definite opinion. […] Read more »

Californians and Their Government

… Californians name economic conditions, homelessness, and housing as the most important issues facing the people of California today. Californians have mixed views about whether the state is going in the right or wrong direction. Strong majorities believe that the state will have bad times financially in the next 12 […] Read more »