Joe Biden’s low approval rating not only impacted recent elections in Virginia and New Jersey, it also could spell doom for Democrats in the upcoming midterms and even impact Biden’s ability to run for re-election, according to a USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll taken of registered voters immediately following those elections […] Read more »
Gloomy landscape for Democrats for midterms as Biden’s approval drops to 38%: USA TODAY/Suffolk poll
A year before the 2022 midterm elections, Republicans hold a clear early lead on the congressional ballot as President Joe Biden’s approval rating sinks to a new low of 38%. A new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll, taken Wednesday through Friday, found that Biden’s support had cratered among the independent voters […] Read more »
Youngkin’s rural voter landslide sounds alarms for Democrats
Republicans had a satisfying Election Day last week, particularly in Virginia, where Glenn Youngkin captured the governor’s mansion after former President Donald Trump lost the state by 10 points in 2020. There were a number of factors behind that big swing, but one of the biggest was the GOP’s strength […] Read more »
Virginia: What was behind the shift of White women toward the GOP?
In the Virginia race for governor, exit polls showed a big shift among White women voters, a group that made up more than a third of the state’s electorate. In 2020, they roughly split their votes for president, but this year, they backed the Republican candidate for governor by 14 […] Read more »
Democrats again lament their weakness in rural areas, but they don’t have an answer to the problem
Democrats have seen this movie before. An election takes place, they examine the results and suddenly lament their poor showing with rural voters. It has happened time and again and yet the party has neither a solution to the problem nor, it seems, a commitment to solving it. … The […] Read more »
Local Democrats warn party: Growing Republican wave is real
The Democrats of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, felt the red wave building over the summer when frustrated parents filled school board meetings to complain about masking requirements and an academic theory on systemic racism that wasn’t even taught in local schools. They realized the wave was growing when such concerns, fueled […] Read more »