With less than six weeks to go before the elections for Congress, voter enthusiasm is at its highest level during any midterm in more than two decades. And a record share of registered voters – 72% – say the issue of which party controls Congress will be a factor in […] Read more »
The Controversy Over Kavanaugh Won’t End With a Vote
Even if Senate Republicans “plow right through” the ever-expanding chaos surrounding Brett Kavanaugh, the battle over his Supreme Court nomination is unlikely to end soon. … The Kavanaugh controversy erupted as polls were already showing a threat to GOP candidates this fall, in the form of an intense backlash against […] Read more »
Aftab Pureval’s secret poll obtained by Enquirer
The Enquirer has obtained the poll at the center of a campaign finance spending complaint against Hamilton County Clerk of Courts Aftab Pureval – and it’s unquestionably a poll about his current congressional race. CONT. Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer Read more »
House Rating Changes: Five More Races Move Towards Democrats
Six weeks out, Republican ads aiming to disqualify Democrats early don’t appear to be sticking. House polling — both public and private — was already tenuous for the GOP, but has become noticeably more dire since Labor Day. Independent polls in the last two weeks show Reps. Mimi Walters (CA-45), […] Read more »
Nearly 6-In-10 To Closely Watch Kavanaugh-Ford Hearing; Many Undecided On Truth
The stakes are high for Thursday’s Capitol Hill hearing, pitting Trump Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh against Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused him of sexual assault — an accusation Kavanaugh has denied — when they were both in high school more than three decades ago. A new NPR/PBS […] Read more »
Voters in Battleground Districts Are Divided on Kavanaugh
Voters in 10 competitive House battleground districts remain deeply divided on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, according to a wave of New York Times Upshot/Siena College polls. But there are signs his support is eroding. CONT. Nate Cohn, New York Times Read more »