What do Tuesday’s midterm exit polls reveal about the ways gender, educational attainment and age played out differently across the nation? Judy Woodruff gets analysis from Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report. PBS NewsHour Read more »
Another bad night for political polls? Not really, despite criticism on cable TV
Tuesday’s victories for Democrats in the U.S. House and Republicans in the Senate made for a much less surprising election night than President Trump’s election two years ago, but that didn’t prevent a rerun of the debate over whether pollsters had missed the trends that became clear late Tuesday. Against […] Read more »
Pollsters, Civil Rights and Civic Engagement Organizations Analyze The American Election Eve Poll
This election, allied organizations across the progressive movement launched the American Election Eve Poll examining how African American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Latino, Native American and White voters engaged in the 2018 midterm elections. … The American Election Eve Poll: Examined how African American, Asian American & Pacific Islander, […] Read more »
Why Democrats’ Gain Was More Impressive Than It Appears
It wasn’t necessarily the night of either party’s dreams. The Democrats are poised to gain around 35 seats after Tuesday’s elections. Republicans seem likely to gain a few seats in the Senate, and they triumphed in some high-profile governor’s races. But Democrats faced formidable structural disadvantages, unlike any in recent […] Read more »
AP voter poll shows focus on Trump, immigration, health care
Health care, immigration and President Donald Trump were high on voters’ minds as they cast ballots in the midterm elections, according to a wide-ranging survey of the electorate conducted by The Associated Press. AP’s VoteCast survey of more than 115,000 voters paints a portrait of an enthusiastic yet deeply divided […] Read more »
How religious groups voted in the midterm elections
A preliminary analysis of the 2018 midterm elections finds considerable continuity in the voting patterns of several key religious groups. White evangelical or born-again Christians backed Republican candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives at about the same rate they did in 2014. Meanwhile, religiously unaffiliated voters (also known as […] Read more »