This week, I had the opportunity to listen in on a briefing call led by Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg of Democracy Corps and Page Gardner, founder and president of the Women’s Voices Women’s Vote Action Fund. Based on their findings from a recent survey by Democratic firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner […] Read more »
The Uncanny Similarity Between the Zimmerman and 2012 Exit Polls
The first wave of polls on the Zimmerman verdict are in and the results look familiar. Pew Research asked adults whether they were “satisfied” or “dissatisfied” with the Zimmerman verdict and the results were strikingly similar to the last presidential election. Compare today’s poll on the Zimmerman verdict with Pew’s […] Read more »
How the Republicans could win big in the 2014 Senate elections
Republicans’ chance to win back the United States Senate in 2014 are up. Analysts from Nate Silver to Sean Trende put the chances at just south to about 50% for Republicans to take the six seats necessary to gain 51 seats. Why are Republicans doing so well? … What demographics […] Read more »
The Democrats’ Problem With White Voters
… Before beginning, we should clarify my thesis. It has never been, as some have suggested, that the GOP should “double down” on white voters while writing off non-whites. The pieces have simply observed that there are problems with the suggestion that the fate of the two-party system hinges on […] Read more »
Abortion bill highlights Democrats’ uphill fight in Texas
The politically charged battle over whether to restrict abortions in Texas ended late Friday night when the state Senate passed legislation and sent it on to Gov. Rick Perry (R) for his signature. In the end, the fight underscored the challenges Democrats face as they look to break the Republicans’ […] Read more »
Don’t Stereotype Voters Based on Demographic Information
Many of us who write about politics have a sloppy habit of using catchall phrases when we should be more specific. We use terms such as “Hispanics” and “Latinos,” for example, to describe a group of 52 million Americans whose politics differ greatly, partly depending on their ancestral country. … […] Read more »