Perhaps the most bizarre electoral news since the midterms is the allegation that Republican operatives and outside groups used clandestine Twitter accounts to share polling data. The Twitter accounts, which had no followers, tweeted polling results for House races in what might have been an effort to circumvent laws that […] Read more »
Democrats Should Heed Americans’ Economic Anxiety
To recover from their debacle in the midterm elections, Democrats have seized on two questionable propositions: They lost mainly because of President Barack Obama’s unpopularity, and the 2016 presidential election will be more favorable. … Turnout, exit polls and other data suggest another Achilles’ heel for Democrats: the lack of […] Read more »
The Election Map Alone Doesn’t Explain The 2014 Republican Wave
Throughout the 2014 campaign, we kept hearing that Republicans were going to do well because of the “map.” … It’s time to give the map argument a rest. Even if you control for the fact that a large number of races took place in red states, the Republican performance was […] Read more »
No New Diversity in GOP’s Newly Won Districts
House Republicans had a good midterm election, giving them the biggest majority they’ve held since the 1920s and — coupled with the GOP’s new Senate majority — prompting some in Washington to talk about a more productive 114th Congress. But as the Republicans have expanded their territory, there’s a curious […] Read more »
Nonvoters Would Have Leaned Toward Democrats in Midterms
Democrats bemoaned midterm election turnout that reached historic lows. Turns out, those who sat out the Nov. 4 vote say they would have voted for Democrats had they shown up, the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found. The survey showed 50% of people who didn’t vote said they would […] Read more »
Did the GOP make inroads with the Latino vote?
The conservative National Review declared, “Republicans made historic gains across the country on [election day], including significant progress with minority voters.” The Houston Chronicle and Fox News Latino similarly pronounced Latino voters having a large voting preference for Republicans in Texas, Kansas, and Georgia. But these claims are based on […] Read more »