A good deal of the focus in the runup to the 2018 midterm elections centers on broad political and social currents — feelings about President Donald Trump, generalized cultural differences, nationalism versus globalism, and the highly politicized partisan acrimony to which we have become accustomed. But there are issues that […] Read more »
Those who love Trump and those who hate him are paying the most attention to him
… A newly released SurveyMonkey poll finds that while Trump is not on the ballot this year, Americans are consuming a remarkable amount of news about him in the final month of the midterm campaigns. The survey from Oct. 10 to 15 asked how much they saw, read or heard […] Read more »
Congress Has No Clue What Americans Want
… Congress doesn’t know what policies Americans support. We know that because we asked the most senior staff members in Congress — the people who help their bosses decide what bills to pursue and support — what they believed public opinion was in their district or state on a range […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Trump approval remains high in Senate battleground states
A new round of Fox News battleground state polls proves we don’t call them battlegrounds for nothing. With six days until the election, three of the five U.S. Senate races could go either way — and while Republicans hold leads in the other two, Democratic enthusiasm could still close the […] Read more »
California: Berkeley IGS Poll finds Gavin Newsom poised to become next governor
The final pre-election Berkeley IGS Poll finds Democratic Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom poised to become California’s next governor. According to the poll Newsom is comfortably leading his Republican challenger businessman John Cox among the state’s likely voters by a 58% to 40% margin. In the U.S. Senate race incumbent Democrat […] Read more »
CNN Polls: Tight Senate contests in Arizona, Nevada in final week
The Democratic Party’s two best pickup opportunities in the Senate playing field are close contests in the final days of campaigning, according to new CNN Polls conducted by SSRS. Democrat Kyrsten Sinema’s lead over Republican Martha McSally in the Arizona Senate race has narrowed, from a 7-point advantage in September […] Read more »