The Republican Party comes into Election Day with a significant handicap. The party’s leader, the man in the White House, is less popular nationally coming into a midterm election than any president since 1974, save one: George W. Bush in 2006, whose popularity in 2002 had vanished four years later […] Read more »
Blame Fox, not Facebook, for fake news
Yochai Benkler, Rob Faris and Hal Robert, three scholars affiliated with Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center, have a new book, “Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics,” presenting major new research about the political consequences of American media. I asked Benkler, who is the Berkman professor of Entrepreneurial Legal […] Read more »
Why on-the-fence voters say they are supporting Democrats or Republicans for Congress
Americans faced an onslaught of polling numbers this fall — which we warned you about — but with Election Day upon us, let’s take one final look at voters’ explanations for their congressional vote choices in their own words, particularly those who were on the fence in the final week […] Read more »
Two Visions of Patriotism Clash in the Midterm Elections
President Trump has spent his 21 months in office labeling his critics as unpatriotic. … As the nation goes to the polls in what is widely seen as a referendum on the president’s conduct, policies and character, both his supporters and his opponents are expressing sharply contrasting views on issues […] Read more »
Democrats are likely to do very well in governors’ races
Much of the attention on Election Night will be on the battle for control in Congress, but there will also be 36 governors’ races across the country. Republicans currently control 26 of these seats compared to Democrats’ nine and one independent. If the polling is correct, there will be a […] Read more »
Democrats More Worried Than Republicans About Election
More than eight in 10 Democrats and Democratic leaners (81%) say they are very or somewhat worried about what will happen if Republicans maintain control of one or both houses of Congress in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Alternatively, 66% of Republicans and Republican leaners say they are very or somewhat worried […] Read more »