The seemingly never-ending election to represent North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District will (probably) come to a close on Tuesday. … The race looks like it could be close, which could foreshadow bad news for the Republicans in 2020. CONT. Harry Enten, CNN Read more »
House Ratings Changes: NC-9 do-over election going down to the wire; MN-7 moves to top tier of GOP targets
Key Points• We’re moving the NC-9 special from Leans Republican to Toss-up with less than a week to go until the election. A confluence of factors makes the race too close and unpredictable for us to call. • We’re also moving the NC-3 special election from Safe Republican to Likely […] Read more »
Trump faces more 2020 danger if Democrat scores upset in N. Carolina special election
The final unresolved House race of 2018 is set to conclude Sept. 10 when Marine Corps veteran Dan McCready, a Democrat, faces off against Republican state Sen. Dan Bishop. And although Democrats already rocketed into the House majority last November, this do-over election means much more for the Republicans, who […] Read more »
North Carolina 9: McCready Has Narrow Lead in New Bipartisan Poll
Democrat Dan McCready has a narrow advantage over Republican Dan Bishop heading into the final days of the Sept. 10 redo election in North Carolina’s 9th District, according to a new bipartisan poll for Inside Elections. … Responses were gathered via mobile telephone interviews conducted by live callers at a […] Read more »
Your Best 2020 Preview May Be The 2019 Elections
Even if you’ve been paying attention to political coverage lately, you’re forgiven for not knowing there are elections in just a couple months. But there’s more to pay attention to than 2020. Virginia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and New Jersey will be holding state legislative and/or gubernatorial races this November. In […] Read more »
Trump: Running behind approval?
A big part of the reason why Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 was that he captured a not-insignificant percentage of voters who did not necessarily like him but chose him anyway over Hillary Clinton. Only 38% of the electorate reported having a favorable opinion of him, according to […] Read more »