After a contentious election that saw the Democrats win back the House and Republicans retain the Senate, voters view both parties’ congressional leaders negatively, according to the latest Fox News poll. CONT. Victoria Balara, Fox News Read more »
CNN Poll: Negative outlook dominates views of Congress, government
A month after a blue wave swept Democrats to control of the US House of Representatives, Americans are mostly pessimistic about the way the government will work over the next few years, and few see progress in the cards on a number of top issues, according to a new CNN […] Read more »
California Dominates Among House Democrats. What Does That Mean For The Next Congress?
… Nearly 20 percent of the incoming Democratic caucus will hail from California, and using data primarily from Gary Jacobson’s data set on House elections from 1946 to 2014, I found that no state has ever been responsible for a larger percentage of the majority party’s House caucus during the […] Read more »
Welcome Back, Nancy; Republicans Have Numerous Reasons To Be Glad Dems Picked Pelosi
From the GOP side of the aisle, while Republicans are not happy to have lost the House, it is easy to appreciate that Nancy Pelosi is back as Speaker, as she is such a clear liability to the Democratic Party as Speaker of the House. Pelosi has high sustained net […] Read more »
Why Nancy Pelosi makes a lot of sense as speaker
A group of House Democrats are trying to stop Nancy Pelosi from becoming speaker next Congress. It’s not clear at this point whether they’ll be successful. They claim that it’s time for new leadership, after Democrats won a majority on a message of change. Fair enough. Pelosi has been in […] Read more »
After midterm elections, Democrats divided on Pelosi for speaker
Democrats nationwide are divided over whether current Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi should become the next speaker of the House. Forty-nine percent of Democrats would like to see Pelosi become speaker, but 40 percent would prefer another Democrat. CONT. CBS News Read more »