It is one of the ironies of modern American politics that congressional Republicans have bound themselves virtually en masse to a president with some of the shortest coattails in a generation. For better or worse, Donald Trump has immersed himself in GOP politics — from fundraising to endorsing (and opposing) […] Read more »
Health Care and the 2018 Midterms; Attitudes Towards Proposed Changes to Medicaid
Medicaid continues to be seen favorably by a majority of the public (74 percent) and about half (52 percent) believe the Medicaid program is working well for most low-income people covered by the program. … The February Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds a slight increase in the share of the […] Read more »
Democrats shouldn’t let 1994 guide them on guns
Ask Democratic leaders why they have been reluctant until recently to make gun control a core issue, and the conversation eventually leads to 1994. That year, Democrats lost control of the House for the first time since the early 1950s, just eight weeks after President Bill Clinton signed a ban […] Read more »
How Republicans Can Win the Midterms
There are so many signs of a coming rout in the House in November that’s it’s almost impossible to envision any way for Republicans to hang on to their 24-seat majority. And yet a faint outline of how the party might pull it off is nevertheless taking shape. … It’s […] Read more »
CNN poll: Democratic advantages grow ahead of 2018 midterms
Democrats once again hold a wide advantage in a generic congressional matchup, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, backed by a base of supporters who are more enthusiastic than Republican partisans and more motivated by core issues. … The poll also suggests that the issues on which […] Read more »
Where Gun-Control Advocates Could Win in 2018
The shifting geography of the electoral battlefield is providing gun-control advocates their best opportunity in years to tilt the balance on the issue in Congress. Since the early 1990s, the National Rifle Association has sustained an impregnable congressional blockade against new gun-control measures. But the weakest link in that chain […] Read more »