Democrats maintained a large edge among Latinos voting in Tuesday’s midterm elections, but in some states, Republican candidates won more than 40% of the Latino vote, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of National Election Pool exit poll data as reported by NBC News. Though Democrats comfortably won the […] Read more »
Why the Economy Couldn’t Save the Democrats
… So what explains the apparent repudiation of the president’s party despite an improving economy under his watch? In a column written shortly before the election, political scientist Lynn Vavreck argued that midterms are not about the economy – they are referendums on the president. But this tells only part […] Read more »
The Divide Between Republican And Democratic Voters On Major Issues
… Voters on Tuesday didn’t provide much hope for interparty cooperation. In exit polls, Democratic and Republican voters disagreed sharply on just about every issue they were asked about. Their one point of agreement amid a half-dozen splits was that they approved of U.S. military action against Islamic State. … […] Read more »
Impatience with Washington drove off-year electorate
House Speaker John Boehner said that his job is to listen to the priorities of the American people. The GOP leadership outlined their new agenda, including authorizing the Keystone XL pipeline and revising the Affordable Care Act. Gwen Ifill talks to David Winston of the Winston Group and Frederick Yang […] Read more »
No, That’s Not the Message Voters Sent Yesterday
… So, what are we to make of these results? To begin, it’s important to resist the inevitable tendency for pundits to overreach in their effort to discern “the message” the voters send yesterday. Already I am reading that the results indicate 1) a rejection of Obama, 2) a rejection […] Read more »
As GOP celebrates win, no sign of narrowing gender, age gaps
… Nationally, 52% of voters backed Republican candidates for Congress, while 47% voted for Democrats, according to exit polls by the National Election Pool, as reported by The New York Times. The overall vote share is similar to the GOP’s margin in the 2010 elections, and many of the key […] Read more »