While the continuing economic struggles of everyday Americans played a central role in the 2014 election, protecting women’s access to health care, including abortion, played an important part as well. A new NARAL Pro-Choice America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund survey in four key Senate battleground states demonstrates that voters […] Read more »
Keeping a Close Eye on These Six States
The big story on Election Day will be whether the Republican Party can win back control of the Senate. Going into the final hours of the campaign, some of those races are very close, but there are six states in particular that merit an especially close viewing on Tuesday night. […] Read more »
The State of New Hampshire: Politically in Flux
A hallmark of the current era of politics is that many of the 50 states, indeed a majority of them, have reliable political identities. Their presidential vote is a foregone conclusion, and they typically elect federal officeholders of their preferred brand — but not so in New Hampshire, one of […] Read more »
Law puts tighter limits on push polling
As the election season heats up in New Hampshire, so too does the barrage of polling and campaign calls. Ahead of this campaign cycle, the state has narrowed its definition of push polls, a phone call that sounds like a polling survey but instead is used to spread negative information […] Read more »
Christie’s Challenge: A Third of Iowa Republicans Dislike Him
As New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie heads to Iowa Thursday, prompting another round of talk about his presidential ambitions, he faces a 2016 obstacle maybe as daunting as the “Bridge-gate” scandal rocking his administration: A sizable number of Republican voters there dislike him. A third of Republicans in Iowa (33 […] Read more »
Tea Party Members Really, Really Don’t Trust Scientists
It’s one of the biggest trends in US politics over the last decade: A growing left-right split over the validity of scientific information. This “science gap” is apparent most of all on the issue of climate change, but the problem is much broader, encompassing topics ranging from evolution to the […] Read more »