… Americans remain gloomy about the country and express a sourness toward Washington and their elected representatives. Everyone working in politics claims to know that, but the campaigns that individual candidates are running seem designed mostly to make that problem worse. CONT. Dan Balz, Washington Post Read more »
Could voter turnout hurt Dems in 2014?
Professor Lynn Vavreck and pollster Mark Mellman join Chuck Todd to discuss Democratic voter turnout in this year’s elections. Read more »
An Indirect Path to Accuracy in Election Polling
Representative Charles Rangel of New York has a nine-point lead over his nearest primary challenger, in a new New York Times/NY1/Siena College poll of likely voters. … In addition to asking residents of the state’s 13th Congressional District which candidate they planned to vote for, the poll also asked them […] Read more »
Will Democrats Lose Moderates in 2016?
While most of the focus these days has been on the Tea Party’s success in moving the GOP to the right, not enough attention has been paid to the very real possibility of a Democratic contest in 2016 that pushes the nominee too far to the left. A new poll […] Read more »
Nationalization of Senate Elections Poses Challenge to Democrats in 2014
… Despite the difficult task that they face in defending so many Senate seats in Red states this year, Democrats have some hope of offsetting expected losses by taking back two seats currently held by Republicans — the Kentucky seat held by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and the Georgia […] Read more »
Americans’ view of Congress: Throw ’em out
A mere 5 percent of voters think most members of Congress have done a good enough job to deserve re-election, according to a CBS News Poll released Wednesday. While this number has been low historically, 5 percent is the lowest ever recorded in CBS News polls; nearly nine in 10 […] Read more »