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 »
Democrats maintain lead in race for control of U.S. House; outside top tier, potential Democratic presidential hopefuls widely unknown
Democrats maintain a wide lead over Republicans in the race for control of the House of Representatives, a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS finds, including a 10-point lead among those most likely to turn out this November. In a generic ballot test, 52% of likely voters back the Democratic candidate […] Read more »
A Challenging Road to 2020
The inaugural Grinnell College National Poll shows President Donald Trump faces a challenging road to re-election in 2020. The new poll by the elite liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, interviewed 1,002 individuals including 779 likely voters and was completed during the Labor Day weekend by Des Moines-based Selzer & […] Read more »
8 questions for the midterm elections: A blue wave or not?
Campaign 2018 begins the final stretch this week. All but a few states have finished their primaries, and the general election ballots are set almost everywhere. The stakes are difficult to overstate. Republicans today control the White House, the House and Senate. President Trump dominates the scene. But Democrats could […] Read more »
Why Bernie Sanders supporters shouldn’t be praising the DNC rule change
Bernie Sanders’ acolytes cheered this past weekend as the the Democratic National Committee changed superdelegate and caucus rules for the 2020 primary season. They really shouldn’t have. While on the surface the rule changes seemed to benefit progressives, a closer look suggests the exact opposite. These rule changes will likely […] Read more »
What Andrew Gillum vs Ron DeSantis in Florida will tell us about 2020
The governor’s race in Florida not only says a lot about where the Democratic and Republican parties are today but could also tell us where they are headed in the future. Republican Ron DeSantis is the Donald Trump of the 2018 Florida gubernatorial campaign. He was backed by Trump in […] Read more »