… A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that 34% of Americans support the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, while 38% are opposed. This poll is in line with a recent poll from Gallup in which 39% of Americans were for confirmation and 42% were opposed. … […] Read more »
How to Read Midterm Polls
While Washington is obsessed with the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, voters — Republicans and Democrats— are more concerned about the economy, says Democratic pollster Brad Bannon, who adds that the positive top-line numbers cloak Americans’ continuing economic fears. Shawn Zeller, CQ Read more »
Is Winning Women Enough for Democrats to Win the House?
It’s been beyond obvious for a while now that Republicans have a problem with female voters. Poll after poll have shown that white college-educated women, once a persuadable pool of voters, have abandoned the GOP. The most recent NBC/Wall Street Journal survey found that these women support a Democrat for […] Read more »
Kavanaugh Drama Adds Fresh Uncertainty to Midterms
This election is taking on many of the aspects of a three-ring circus. Not only are wild and unexpected things happening, but if you focus too much on what is going on in any one ring, you miss what is going on in another. For the first time, the Supreme […] Read more »
Anita Hill’s Charges Against Clarence Thomas
In October 1991, the U.S. Senate was preparing to vote on the U.S. Supreme Court confirmation of conservative judge Clarence Thomas when news reports of lawyer Anita Hill’s sexual harassment allegations against Thomas broke. … Because of Hill’s claims, the Senate Judiciary Committee delayed the confirmation vote and questioned Hill, […] Read more »
Internal GOP Poll: Pelosi Beats Trump in a Head-to-Head Matchup
President Trump likes to mock Nancy Pelosi, but a private survey conducted for the Republican National Committee finds that she’s actually more popular—and beats the president when the midterm election is framed as a contest between the two. CONT. Joshua Green, Bloomberg Businessweek Read more »