… If Democrats win the House, as we currently forecast, it will be because of women voters. The Democratic Party is currently benefiting from the largest gender gap on record for a midterm election. In an average of the last five live interview generic congressional ballot polls, Democrats hold a […] Read more »
Battleground House districts remain close in new poll
The contest for control of the House remains close and hard fought, according to a new Washington Post-Schar School poll of the most-contested districts in the country, with Democrats holding a statistically insignificant lead over Republicans. The latest survey shows only a marginal change in the race during October, with […] Read more »
Kavanaugh fallout continues to polarize voters ahead of midterms
Just over two weeks after Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that voters remain deeply divided along partisan lines over his ascension to the court, with the consequences of his polarizing confirmation battle reverberating among key segments of […] Read more »
The Role Of Identity In Politics
NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks NYU professor Kwame Anthony Appiah about the role of identity — gender, party, class — in politics. NPR Read more »
The Democrats’ Left Turn Is Not an Illusion
Over the past 18 years, the Democratic electorate has moved steadily to the left, as liberals have displaced moderates. Self-identified liberals of all races and ethnicities now command a majority in the party, raising the possibility that views once confined mainly to the party elite have spread into the rank […] Read more »
Why Elizabeth Warren is #1 in our new 2020 rankings
Even before the 2018 election, we already know one of the winners: Women. And Democratic women in particular. … Poll after poll of late suggests that women are not only fired up to vote next month, but are leaning heavily toward Democrats. … The power of women in politics isn’t […] Read more »