This election, allied organizations across the progressive movement launched the American Election Eve Poll examining how African American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Latino, Native American and White voters engaged in the 2018 midterm elections. … The American Election Eve Poll: Examined how African American, Asian American & Pacific Islander, […] Read more »
AP voter poll shows focus on Trump, immigration, health care
Health care, immigration and President Donald Trump were high on voters’ minds as they cast ballots in the midterm elections, according to a wide-ranging survey of the electorate conducted by The Associated Press. AP’s VoteCast survey of more than 115,000 voters paints a portrait of an enthusiastic yet deeply divided […] Read more »
How religious groups voted in the midterm elections
A preliminary analysis of the 2018 midterm elections finds considerable continuity in the voting patterns of several key religious groups. White evangelical or born-again Christians backed Republican candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives at about the same rate they did in 2014. Meanwhile, religiously unaffiliated voters (also known as […] Read more »
Democrats won women’s vote for Congress by the largest margin seen in midterm exit polls
Women made history in the 2018 midterm elections. Democrats won women’s vote for Congress by 19 points, with 59 percent voting Democrat and 40 percent voting Republican — the largest margin seen in midterm exit polls, according to data from CNN. The last time women voted for Democrats anywhere near […] Read more »
Two Electorates, Two Outcomes
It’s rare that both parties can celebrate after an election, but that’s exactly the situation after Republicans gained a handful of Senate seats and Democrats picked up over 30 House seats Tuesday night. Conservatives, white men (particularly those without a college degree) and pro-Trump voters backed GOP nominees, while women […] Read more »
Tuesday Showed the Drawbacks of Trump’s Electoral Bargain
On Tuesday, a divided America returned a divided verdict on the tumultuous first two years of Donald Trump’s presidency. Rather than delivering a “blue wave” or a “red wall,” the election produced a much more divergent result than usual in a midterm. … The evening amounted to a simultaneous repudiation […] Read more »