With less than two weeks before the midterm elections, the Republican Party holds significant leads on several major issues. Voters say the GOP could do a better job than the Democrats on the economy, and the Republicans hold double-digit advantages on both terrorism and the budget deficit. CONT. Pew Read more »
Latino Voters and the 2014 Midterm Elections
A record 25.2 million Latinos are eligible to vote in the 2014 midterm elections, making up, for the first time, 11% of all eligible voters nationwide. But despite a growing national presence, in many states with close Senate and gubernatorial races this year, Latinos make up a smaller share of […] Read more »
Fusion’s Massive Millennial Poll
Millennial voters Hillary and Paul Ryan for 2016. In the midterm elections, the majority will give Republican candidates a . And in the wake of Ferguson, a majority of young voters oppose the militarization of . Those are some of the findings in Fusion’s first-ever Massive Millennial Poll which surveyed 1200 likely voters […] Read more »
Public support for medical marijuana is reaching new highs. Why do Republican 2016 hopefuls find the idea a buzzkill?
The legalization of medical marijuana has broad support from the American public. But Republican presidential contenders aren’t so high on the idea. … You’d expect presidential candidates to be on board with an idea that’s literally more popular than apple pie. So why isn’t the crop of potential GOP White […] Read more »
Democrats Seize on Social Issues as Values Wedge Cuts Their Way
… The tumultuous social changes that began in the 1960s supplied decades of political ammunition for Republicans. Beginning with Richard M. Nixon, they rallied Americans disturbed by noisy protests over civil rights, the sexual revolution and the Vietnam War. … Now the values wedge cuts for Democrats. … Democrats profit […] Read more »
The Public Lightens Up About Weed
… Seventy-eight percent of Americans thought marijuana should be illegal in 1991. That figure fell to 57 percent in 2008, according to the Pew Research Center. In 2013, for the first time in over four decades of polling on the issue, prohibition was a minority position. … So what happened? […] Read more »