Throw the bums out! Even mine! In a nutshell, that’s how the country feels about members of Congress, according to a new Washington Post/ABC News poll. Fewer than one in four (22 percent) say they are inclined to reelect their representative in Congress, as support for incumbents has waned to […] Read more »
Congressional Democrats Face Uphill Battle in Midterms
At this point, eight months before the Nov. 4 election, it’s hard to see a lot of good news for congressional Democrats. No matter how you look at it, the House seems out of reach. Today, Republicans appear a bit more likely to gain than to lose seats; it would […] Read more »
Democrats’ advantage on key issues is not translating to a midterm-election edge
The American people trust Democrats more than Republicans on some of the key issues of the day, but that has not translated into any political advantage in the battle for control of the House and Senate in this year’s midterm elections, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Midterm […] Read more »
Economy Hits Dems, GOP ‘Out of Touch’ – Pushing Anti-Incumbency to a 25-Year High
Anti-incumbent sentiment has reached a 25-year high in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, with economic frustration damaging Barack Obama’s Democrats while the Republican Party labors under a broad view that it’s out of touch with the concerns of most Americans. CONT. Gary Langer, ABC News Read more »
Democrats Try Wooing Ones Who Got Away: White Men
… It is a challenge that runs throughout the nation’s industrial heartland, in farm states and across the South, after a half-century of economic, demographic and cultural shifts that have reshaped the electorate. … Democrats generally win the votes of fewer than four in 10 white men. But they win eight […] Read more »
Senate primaries test GOP establishment, insurgent wings
The tea party movement celebrated its fifth anniversary this past week, but there’s been little to celebrate lately about the performance of some of the conservatives running under the tea party banner who have mounted primary challenges to half a dozen Senate Republicans. … The tea party movement continues to […] Read more »