The president’s party almost always suffers a net loss of U.S. House seats in midterm elections. However, losses tend to be much steeper when the president is unpopular. In Gallup’s polling history, presidents with job approval ratings below 50% have seen their party lose 37 House seats, on average, in […] Read more »
Nearly Half of Latino Voters Support Delaying Nomination Process for Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh
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 second wave of its ten-week tracking poll of Latino registered voters. Results from the […] Read more »
Defending against terrorism has remained a top policy priority for Americans since 9/11
Over the course of more than 15 years and three presidential administrations, Americans have consistently said that defending the nation against terrorism should be a top policy priority for the White House and Congress, according to Pew Research Center surveys conducted since shortly after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Americans split on whether to confirm Kavanaugh
Americans are divided on whether or not senators should vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, with 38% who say yes and 39% who say no, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS and released on Tuesday. Contentious hearings did not move the needle in either […] Read more »
State of The 2018 House Race
The Monmouth University Poll finds the race for control of the House of Representatives to be tight in a new analysis of polls conducted in eight competitive bellwether congressional districts over the summer. … These are key findings from 3,390 interviews conducted in CA48, PA01, PA17, NJ03, NJ11, OH12, VA10, […] Read more »
Democratic Senate hopes are alive, though precarious
… Democrats need a net gain of two seats. To get there, Democrats probably need one of the following scenarios to come true. Democrats likely need to win Republican held seats in Arizona and Nevada. Then they need to hold onto all 26 of their currently held seats, including in […] Read more »