The role of extremist white nationalists in the GOP may be approaching an inflection point. The backlash against former President Donald Trump’s meeting with Nick Fuentes, an avowed racist, anti-Semite, and Christian nationalist, has compelled more Republican officeholders than at any point since the Charlottesville riot in 2017 to publicly […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Warnock holds a narrow edge over Walker in final undecided Senate contest
In the final undecided Senate contest of 2022, Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia holds a narrow lead over Republican challenger Herschel Walker among those likely to vote in a runoff election Tuesday, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. The survey shows that Walker faces widespread questions […] Read more »
Public Has Modest Expectations for Washington’s Return to Divided Government
After a second consecutive midterm election that resulted in divided partisan control of Congress, the American public is broadly skeptical that either the president or Republican House leaders will get their programs passed into law. Most U.S. adults say President Joe Biden (65%) and Republican leaders in Congress (61%) will […] Read more »
Healthy democracy requires trust – these 3 things could start to restore voters’ declining faith in US elections
Election workers sort ballots at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center on Nov. 9, 2022, in Phoenix. John Moore/Getty Images Sarah Bush, Yale University and Lauren Prather, University of California, San Diego The 2022 U.S. midterm elections ran relatively smoothly and faced few consequential accusations of fraud or mismanagement. […] Read more »
Why Democrats should like the early voting patterns in the Georgia Senate runoff
More than 1 million Georgians have voted early (absentee or in-person) ahead of Tuesday’s Senate runoff election. The compact nature of the early voting period for the runoff makes it difficult to make an apples-to-apples comparison with what occurred during the November general election. Still, there are a number of […] Read more »
Ron DeSantis has pulled into a tie with Joe Biden in a hypothetical 2024 matchup
A new Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has pulled into a tie with President Joe Biden in a hypothetical 2024 matchup, with each receiving 42% support from registered voters nationwide. DeSantis has increased his support in polling since January, while Biden’s support has remained […] Read more »