Wisconsin: Johnson leads Barnes in Senate race, Evers and Michels in a gubernatorial toss-up

A new Marquette Law School Poll survey of Wisconsin finds a wider margin in the U.S. Senate race than a month ago. Among likely voters, Sen. Ron Johnson is supported by 52% and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes is the choice of 46%. In September, among likely voters, Johnson received 49% […] Read more »

Abortion Grows as a Motivator for Midterm Voters

About a month ahead of the 2022 midterm election, abortion continues to grow as a motivating issue for voters, especially among Democrats and those living in states where abortion is now illegal, the latest KFF Health Tracking Poll finds. Half (50%) of voters now say the Supreme Court’s decision overturning […] Read more »

Can Democrats hold the Senate? In Nevada, it’s all but a tie – USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll

Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, the most endangered Democratic senator on the ballot on Nov. 8, holds the smallest of leads over Republican challenger Adam Laxalt, 46%-44%, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds. Laxalt has shown momentum since the USA TODAY Network survey in August, narrowing a seven percentage-point […] Read more »

Polls almost always move toward Republicans in the fall

There’s little surprise so far in October. According to social media, half the world spent the weekend at a pumpkin patch, and the other half spent it debating the merits of Christopher Columbus. The usual schools lead the college football rankings. And political coverage is telling you that “the polls […] Read more »

The central tension driving the 2022 election

The choice for voters in the 2022 campaign has sharpened to the point where it can be condensed to a single phrase: Your money or your rights? Most voters continue to express strikingly negative views on President Joe Biden’s management of the economy, and for that matter, his handling of […] Read more »