Health care, immigration and President Donald Trump were high on voters’ minds as they cast ballots in the midterm elections, according to a wide-ranging survey of the electorate conducted by The Associated Press. AP’s VoteCast survey of more than 115,000 voters paints a portrait of an enthusiastic yet deeply divided […] Read more »
Two Electorates, Two Outcomes
It’s rare that both parties can celebrate after an election, but that’s exactly the situation after Republicans gained a handful of Senate seats and Democrats picked up over 30 House seats Tuesday night. Conservatives, white men (particularly those without a college degree) and pro-Trump voters backed GOP nominees, while women […] Read more »
Tuesday Showed the Drawbacks of Trump’s Electoral Bargain
On Tuesday, a divided America returned a divided verdict on the tumultuous first two years of Donald Trump’s presidency. Rather than delivering a “blue wave” or a “red wall,” the election produced a much more divergent result than usual in a midterm. … The evening amounted to a simultaneous repudiation […] Read more »
Public Opinion Strategies Election Night Survey – Key Findings
The most positive voter election day mood in more than a decade (42% Right Direction), two-thirds (65%) satisfied with the economy and Trump approval at 46% all mitigated what could have been a Blue Wave yesterday. Instead, voters gave the country a split-decision, giving Democrats a narrower than expected margin […] Read more »
Negative on Trump, divided on issues, voters reshuffle the cards in Washington
A divided outcome fit a divided nation in the 2018 midterms, with the House flipping Democratic, the Senate staying Republican and the voters sharply split on partisan, ideological and demographic lines. The focus of the election, Donald Trump, came in where he’s been since taking office: underwater in job approval, […] Read more »
ABC News: Election 2018 exit poll analysis
… In results so far, 44 percent of voters approve of Trump’s job performance, while 55 percent disapprove. And while the House races will be fought district by district, voters by 53-43 percent say they’d rather see the Democrats than the Republicans in control of the House after this election. […] Read more »