In first nationwide election since Roe was overturned, voters opt to protect abortion access

Voters in Michigan said ‘yes’ to Prop 3, a ballot protecting abortion rights. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Linda C. McClain, Boston University and Nicole Huberfeld, Boston University The first major election since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade saw abortion rights on the ballot in a record number of states. […] Read more »

Millions of Youth Cast Ballots, Decide Key 2022 Races

Young people, who overwhelmingly favored Democrats, had one of their highest turnout rates ever in a midterm and shaped results across the country. According to day-after estimates from the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University’s Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, […] Read more »

Election Night Poll Take-Away Points

Despite the record-breaking negative mood of the country, and lackluster Biden approval scores, the GOP’s narrow margin on the generic ballot translated into a smaller advantage than anticipated in the US House. Voters’ top issues were “rising prices and inflation” and “abortion,” followed by “the economy and jobs” and “protecting […] Read more »

In a hole since 2010, state Dems begin digging out

For more than a decade, Democrats have lamented their party’s inability to make inroads in legislative races across the nation, as Republicans use state House and Senate gavels to advance conservative agendas and to lock in majorities over the long term. But for the first time since the 2010 midterm […] Read more »

How Democrats Avoided a Red Wave

The coalition of voters who turned out to oppose Donald Trump in 2018 and 2020 largely reassembled yesterday, frustrating Republican expectations of a sweeping red wave. Under the pressure of high inflation and widespread disenchantment with President Joe Biden’s job performance, that coalition of young voters, people of color, college-educated […] Read more »