Arizona, Florida, Indiana: Tight contests mark critical Senate races

Tight contests dominate the Senate landscape: In Florida, incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson and Republican Gov. Rick Scott are tied among likely voters, 46 percent to 46 percent including those who have cast ballots already. … Health care concerns have helped Democrat Kyrsten Sinema to a slight three-point advantage over […] Read more »

Democrats have a Latino problem. Can they fix it in time?

… More than three years after Trump launched his presidential campaign by railing against Mexican “rapists” streaming over the border, Democratic hopes and Republican fears that the growing population of Latinos would give Democrats a permanent advantage have yet to materialize. Nationally, Latino voters favor a Democratic Congress over a […] Read more »

Senate races: GOP up in Texas, Tennessee; Dems up in Arizona, New Jersey

The battle for Senate control finds Democrats trying to mount upset challenges in a string of typically Republican states, and this round of Battleground Tracker polls shows them having at best mixed results so far. … By more than two to one, registered voters say national issues outweigh local ones, […] Read more »