Six weeks out, Republican ads aiming to disqualify Democrats early don’t appear to be sticking. House polling — both public and private — was already tenuous for the GOP, but has become noticeably more dire since Labor Day. Independent polls in the last two weeks show Reps. Mimi Walters (CA-45), […] Read more »
Nearly 6-In-10 To Closely Watch Kavanaugh-Ford Hearing; Many Undecided On Truth
The stakes are high for Thursday’s Capitol Hill hearing, pitting Trump Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh against Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused him of sexual assault — an accusation Kavanaugh has denied — when they were both in high school more than three decades ago. A new NPR/PBS […] Read more »
Voters in Battleground Districts Are Divided on Kavanaugh
Voters in 10 competitive House battleground districts remain deeply divided on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, according to a wave of New York Times Upshot/Siena College polls. But there are signs his support is eroding. CONT. Nate Cohn, New York Times Read more »
Nearly 75% of Latino Voters Believe Kavanaugh Should Withdraw
Less than two months before Latino voters head to the polls for the 2018 midterm elections, the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund and Latino Decisions released the results of the fourth wave of its ten-week tracking poll of Latino registered voters. … “Latino voters […] Read more »
Will Democrats be brave enough to get to the bluest wave?
The most competitive battleground states are breaking against President Trump and the congressional Republicans, millennials are showing signs of life, disaffected Republicans are fracturing, and voters are angry about corrupt deals for wealthy corporate donors and self-dealing politicians. Something new and fundamental is happening, but will Democrats do what they […] Read more »
There’s a suburban tsunami driving 2018
Converging crises are compounding the risk that Republicans could suffer historic 2018 losses in suburban communities that could harden a starkly polarized alignment in American politics. Precisely as sexual abuse allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh threaten to deepen the GOP’s already cavernous deficit with well-educated white women, the […] Read more »