Recent polls have shown the GOP to have a significant edge in enthusiasm regarding the upcoming mid-term elections. Nearly without exception, Republicans are more excited, enthusiastic and energized about voting in the November election than their Democratic counterparts. The straight-forward conclusion is that this enthusiasm gap will play out at […] Read more »
Americans’ views of Obama, Congress, political parties: Gloomy
Americans’ views of both political parties are negative and nearly match historic lows, a new CBS News poll reveals. Just 29 percent of Americans have a favorable view of the Republican Party, down four points from May and just one point above the lowest favorability rating for that party recorded […] Read more »
Is the race for control of the Senate over already?
The midterm contest is almost over and the Republicans are winning. That, at least, is the impression left by some modelers and other analysts. But three months out from November, many questions are still left to be answered before the ballots can be counted. For politics aficionados, half a dozen […] Read more »
President George W. Obama Meets the Midterms
I certainly didn’t know foreign policy would be front and center in the final months before the midterm elections when I wrote in late April that these issues “could have an indirect yet significant impact on the midterm elections.” But now, it looks increasingly as if foreign policy — particularly […] Read more »
Democrats Seize on Social Issues as Values Wedge Cuts Their Way
… The tumultuous social changes that began in the 1960s supplied decades of political ammunition for Republicans. Beginning with Richard M. Nixon, they rallied Americans disturbed by noisy protests over civil rights, the sexual revolution and the Vietnam War. … Now the values wedge cuts for Democrats. … Democrats profit […] Read more »
Republicans Remain Slightly Favored To Take Control Of The Senate
If Americans elected an entirely new set of senators every two years — as they elect members of the House of Representatives — this November’s Senate contest would look like a stalemate. … The problem for Democrats is that this year’s Senate races aren’t being fought in neutral territory. Instead, […] Read more »