Only a couple weeks have elapsed since the shutdown ended, but there’s already a few bits of evidene that the Democratic wave has subsided. Last night, an NBC/WSJ survey showed Democrats ahead by just 4 points on the generic ballot among registered voters, down from an 8 point lead at […] Read more »
Three new polls show varying leads for McAuliffe in Virginia governor’s race
Three new surveys released Wednesday showed Terry McAuliffe with varying leads in the race for Virginia governor, with each poll having a different estimate of the partisan breakdown of Tuesday’s electorate. CONT. Scott Clement & Ben Pershing, Washington Post Read more »
Beware Registered Voter Surveys In 2014
A wave of new surveys shows that the shutdown took a toll on the Republicans, but less clear is whether it’s enough to endanger the GOP House majority. Last night, two surveys from CNN and ABC/Washington Post showed Democrats building an 8 point lead on the generic ballot; if Democrats […] Read more »
You can trust Gallup’s numbers … for now
Gallup screwed up in 2010 and 2012. They called for a much wider Republican House victory in the former than what actually occurred, and they polled a Mitt Romney victory in the latter. That put them on a blacklist of sorts with some polling analysts. And while I am just […] Read more »
Ted Cruz and the Politics of Hari-kari
Just when you thought that the G.O.P. might finally be wising up, and looking for a way to stop damaging itself in the eyes of voters, up pops Ted Cruz, the Texas firebrand who helped to get this whole shutdown/debt-ceiling thing started. Appearing before an audience of conservative activists in […] Read more »
Cruz scoffs at NBC/WSJ poll: ‘That’s not reflective of where this country is’
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Friday sought to cast doubt on the results of a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal that reflected widespread public blame toward the GOP for the government shutdown and Cruz’s own popularity suffering. After delivering a hard-charging defense this morning of a strategy linking funding the […] Read more »