The final pre-election Berkeley IGS Poll finds Democratic Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom poised to become California’s next governor. According to the poll Newsom is comfortably leading his Republican challenger businessman John Cox among the state’s likely voters by a 58% to 40% margin. In the U.S. Senate race incumbent Democrat […] Read more »
In Wisconsin, Governor Scott Walker may face a Democratic backlash against Donald Trump
22,748. That’s the number of votes by which President Trump beat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election in Wisconsin. That’s 0.76 percent of all the votes cast in the state. It was also the first time since Ronald Reagan won the state in 1984 that the majority of the […] Read more »
CNN Polls: Tight Senate contests in Arizona, Nevada in final week
The Democratic Party’s two best pickup opportunities in the Senate playing field are close contests in the final days of campaigning, according to new CNN Polls conducted by SSRS. Democrat Kyrsten Sinema’s lead over Republican Martha McSally in the Arizona Senate race has narrowed, from a 7-point advantage in September […] Read more »
Blackburn edges ahead of Bredesen in tight Tennessee Senate contest
Republican Marsha Blackburn is now narrowly edging Democrat Phil Bredesen in Tennessee’s closely-watched Senate race despite Bredesen’s higher favorability with likely voters, a new NBC News/Marist poll finds. But both Blackburn and Bredesen have seen decreased popularity since the bruising campaign — including more than $50 million spent on television […] Read more »
Sinema leads McSally in Arizona Senate race
Fueled by advantages among Latinos, independents and women, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema holds a 6-point lead over Republican Martha McSally in Arizona’s key Senate contest, according to a new NBC News/Marist poll of the state. CONT. Mark Murray, NBC News Read more »
A conversation with pollster Ann Selzer
On this edition of Iowa Press, noted public opinion pollster and analyst Ann Selzer, president of Selzer & Company, joins reporters to talk about the upcoming midterm elections. Iowa Public Television Read more »