Despite dismal numbers for President Obama, a public deeply pessimistic about the direction of the country, and a Senate battleground based almost solely in red states, Republicans aren’t running up the score in Senate races, even in deep red states. Many are asking: why hasn’t the bottom dropped out on […] Read more »
Republicans Open Up Wider ‘Expectations Gap’ Ahead of Midterms
With just over two months before the midterm elections, Republican voters are widening the “expectations gap” with the Democrats. About six-in-ten (61%) Republican and GOP-leaning registered voters think their party will do better than in recent elections — roughly double the share of Democrats (32%) who feel similarly about their […] Read more »
Lost in America
… There’s a feeling of helplessness that makes the political horizon, including the coming midterm elections, especially unpredictable. Conventional wisdom has seldom been so useless, because pessimism in this country isn’t usually this durable or profound. Americans are apprehensive about where they are and even more so about where they’re […] Read more »
Daily Kos Elections Poll Explorer says Democrats have 47% chance of holding the Senate (right now)
Daily Kos Elections is pleased to announce the introduction of its Poll Explorer! The Poll Explorer is a statistical model that allows us to track public opinion in each Senate and gubernatorial race this year, and from there, predict the likely outcome of each race and the number of seats […] Read more »
How Black Turnout Could Impact November
The protests in Ferguson, Mo., have brought national attention to the racial tensions there and shined a light on low turnout among African American voters in the city’s local elections. Voter registration efforts accompanied protests this week. But with congressional elections coming this fall, one question out of Ferguson is […] Read more »
‘Disconnected Obama’ needs to change conversation to help party in midterms
… The question for Obama and the Democratic candidates and consultants whose fate at the ballot box in November is inextricably linked to his is what, if anything, can be done to turn around this story line of a president increasingly unable — or unwilling — to steer the country […] Read more »