In snap polling conducted the evening of January 6 as the events in the U.S. Capitol unfolded, Ipsos finds that the large majority of Americans oppose the protestors who broke into the capitol during the election certification, and half see it as an attempted coup. CONTINUED Ipsos The OPINION TODAY email […] Read more »
GOP traditionalists showing resilience against the Kraken
… Damned if they do, damned if they don’t. Side with a nihilistic base, and the party could kneecap itself in swing states and districts going forward—ahead of a midterm in which Republicans have a very real chance of recapturing a House majority and winning the Senate, no less. But […] Read more »
The Price Republicans Paid in Georgia
The probability that Republicans will lose both of this week’s Senate runoff elections in Georgia crystallizes the risk the party has accepted by allowing Donald Trump to refashion the GOP in his image. In a state that hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since 2000, Democrats now appear to have elected […] Read more »
Black, liberal voters boost Warnock to projected Senate win in Georgia
Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, has defeated Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, NBC News projects, in one of the two Georgia runoffs that will determine which party controls the Senate. Warnock won the support of traditional voting blocs for Democrats — 92 percent of Black voters, 92 percent of liberals, 67 percent […] Read more »
AP VoteCast: Competing coalitions define GA Senate races
… The findings from AP VoteCast reveal the extent of Georgia’s recent political transformation — from GOP bastion to electoral battleground where turnout is decisive. The state’s runoffs will decide control of the U.S. Senate. The survey found Black voters made up roughly 30% of the electorate and almost all […] Read more »
Blacks and Democrats maintain their turnout, producing two tight races for Senate control
Black voters and Democrats held on to their share of the electorate in Georgia’s runoff election Tuesday, with voters overall split down the middle on preferred control of the U.S. Senate – a recipe for two more extraordinarily tight races in a state that recently was reliably Republican. Black people […] Read more »