CBS News elections and surveys director Anthony Salvanto breaks down the trends that influenced the midterm election results. CBS News The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll results and insightful analysis. It’s FREE. Sign up here: opiniontoday.substack Read more »
2022 midterms were a ‘rollercoaster of a cycle’
Democrats have done what seemed improbable months ago: Defy historical midterm patterns and maintain control of the Senate in an economy still recovering from Covid. Chuck Todd, NBC News The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll results and insightful analysis. It’s FREE. Sign up here: opiniontoday.substack Read more »
For 2024 answers, look to voters who “somewhat disapprove” of Biden
A lot of elements went into Tuesday’s unexpectedly good night for Democrats, but one of the biggest factors was a set of voters who surprisingly came through for the party: Voters who “somewhat disapprove” of President Joe Biden’s job performance. There aren’t a lot of those voters, but in the […] Read more »
How Joe Biden and the Democratic Party defied midterm history
… Midterms are supposed to be the time for the opposition party to shine. That should especially be the case when there is once-in-a-generation inflation and when the vast majority of Americans think the country is on the wrong track. Instead, Biden and the Democrats are in a position to […] Read more »
Democrats would have gotten crushed this election without young voters
… Democrats would have gotten crushed without young voter support. Democratic House candidates won voters under the age of 45 by 13 points, while losing voters age 45 and older by 10 points. Breaking it down further, House Democratic candidates won voters under 30 by 28 points – that’s an […] Read more »
Why were the midterm elections close? Exit polls offer clues.
A set of countervailing political forces may have contributed to the closeness of this year’s midterm elections, according to the current results of the national exit poll conducted for CNN and other news networks by Edison Research. It remains uncertain which party will control either the Senate or the House […] Read more »