Getting the Latino vote wrong? Which polls are good and which polls are bad

Is it possible that Colorado’s Cory Gardner is shaping up to be this election cycle’s Sharron Angle? You might recall what happened to Angle in the Nevada Senate race in 2010. Almost every pre-election poll had Angle, the tea-party-supported Republican challenger to Senate Democratic majority leader Harry Reid, leading the […] Read more »

Why 2014 Isn’t as Good as It Seems for the Republicans

The Republicans are looking forward to having a good week. They are favored to win the Senate, and they could pick up enough House seats to finish with their largest margin since 1928. But perhaps more important to the party’s long-term prospects than Tuesday’s results is what unfolds in the […] Read more »