The President continues to be unpopular in most polling. Yet, many of his backers and he insist that the average poll doesn’t adequately capture his true level of support. Trump and these supporters are mistaken, however. Just this week, the President tweeted out a result from his favorite pollster, Rasmussen […] Read more »
Mapped: Why Voting Anomalies Are Impossible to Ignore in North Carolina
After a long election season, there is just one House race left where the result remains in serious doubt: North Carolina’s Ninth Congressional District. The state’s Board of Elections has refused to certify the narrow 905-vote lead that the Republican, Mark Harris, holds over the Democrat, Dan McCready, and is […] Read more »
Christian Right Aided the Ascent of Republican in Disputed North Carolina Race
On election night, in the back room of an exclusive country club outside of Charlotte, N.C., Mark Harris, a pastor turned politician, gathered a small group of friends and advisers to pray as they waited for the results. … Mr. Harris’s race was one of the few House seats that […] Read more »
What 2018 Tells Us About 2020
… For all of the talk just a few months ago that President Trump might be tough for Democrats to beat, the size of this likely Democratic field is testament to the perceived value of the 2020 Democratic nomination. … Consistently, Gallup polling has shown a ratio of at least […] Read more »
Latest House results confirm 2018 wasn’t a blue wave. It was a blue tsunami.
The final votes are being counted from the 2018 election. They confirm that the Democrats crushed Republicans. Let’s start in the seat count. Republican Rep. David Valadao of California’s 21st District conceded on Thursday to Democrat T.J. Cox. Cox’s victory combined with other election results means that Democrats have picked […] Read more »
Ranked voting left Mainers ‘voting blind’ on Election Day, says expert arguing for Poliquin
Mainers in the 2nd Congressional District were “voting blind” on Election Day when they cast their ballots using ranked-choice voting, an expert in voting systems testified Wednesday at a hearing on U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s federal lawsuit to have the results from the Nov. 6 election he lost to Democrat […] Read more »