This morning on “This Week,” FiveThirtyEight.com editor-in-chief and ABC News special contributor Nate Silver of ESPN made his ABC News debut, offering his thoughts on the elections taking place this week and the 2014 midterms. This Week, ABC News Breaking News Read more »
Video: Charlie Cook on 2014 Elections
Charlie Cook talked about 2014 U.S. House and Senate elections, and gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey on November 5, 2013, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. He predicted that control of the Senate would come down to six races Kentucky, Georgia, Louisiana, Alaska, North Carolina, and […] Read more »
Americans won’t ‘throw the bums out’ in 2014
There are two biases that I’ve seen over and over again in the Washington press, and neither is “conservative” or “liberal”. One is a bias towards making a big deal out of something that will ultimately have little electoral effect. The other is propping up the idea that Americans are […] Read more »
G.O.P. Pursues Hispanic Votes With Abortion Stance
Following this summer’s divisive abortion debate in the State Legislature, Texas Republicans see an opening for the 2014 election as they work to reach out to Hispanic voters who could be spurred to the polls by the party’s anti-abortion stance. But Democrats see the plan as a losing proposition for […] Read more »
Was There Ever A Democratic Wave?
Only a couple weeks have elapsed since the shutdown ended, but there’s already a few bits of evidene that the Democratic wave has subsided. Last night, an NBC/WSJ survey showed Democrats ahead by just 4 points on the generic ballot among registered voters, down from an 8 point lead at […] Read more »
NBC/WSJ poll: Obama approval sinks to new low
President Barack Obama’s approval rating has declined to an all-time low as public frustration with Washington and pessimism about the nation’s direction continue to grow, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. … And for the first time in the survey, even Obama’s personal ratings are upside-down, with […] Read more »