Stacey Abrams isn’t yet a nationally known politician, but one sign that she could become one is her picture appearing on the cover of Time magazine’s latest issue. … The Time cover is indicative of the interest in the Georgia race. Few gubernatorial contests will attract as much attention or […] Read more »
Poll Hub: Polls, Polls, and More Polls
The Marist Poll has just released comprehensive data both nationally and in the upper Midwest. In this edition of Poll Hub, the team provides a detailed analysis of the electoral climate. In the latest NBC News/Marist Poll numbers of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, President Donald Trump’s approval rating is upside […] Read more »
Trump-backed candidates are crushing it in GOP primaries
One of the big questions over the last few months has been why Republican officials are so fearful to speak out against the President. Much of that certainly has to do with ideological agreement with Trump. Some of it, no doubt, is Republicans know that speaking out too much against […] Read more »
Scott Walker, other GOP candidates in key Midwest states trail Democratic rivals
New polls in three key Midwestern states show Republican Senate and gubernatorial candidates trailing their Democratic counterparts in hypothetical matchups — particularly GOP Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin, where only a third of voters say he deserves to be re-elected and where he trails his leading Democratic challenger by more […] Read more »
Cynthia Nixon, like Bernie Sanders before her, has a problem with black Democrats
… A Quinnipiac poll of New York’s upcoming Democratic gubernatorial primary has Gov. Andrew Cuomo leading Cynthia Nixon 59% to 23%. … Cuomo’s large lead is emblematic of two important trends in the Democratic Party. The first, and perhaps most obvious, is that progressives look likely to fail in their […] Read more »
There Is a Revolution on the Left. Democrats Are Bracing.
… Only about a sixth of Democratic congressional nominees so far have a formal affiliation with one of several important insurgent groups. Fifty-three of the 305 candidates have been endorsed by the Justice Democrats, the Working Families Party, the Progressive Change Campaign and Our Revolution, organizations that have helped propel […] Read more »