… How do Wisconsin registered voters perceive the accuracy of the April 2022 elections compared to the November 2020 election? If “faith in elections” has been seriously damaged by claims that 2020 was a fraud, we should see similar doubts of the 2022 election. If doubt in the 2020 election […] Read more »
The two issues that could disrupt the 2022 elections
Momentous and tragic events are driving public attention back toward abortion rights and gun control, two issues that keyed the Democratic advance in well-educated suburbs over the past generation. And that could create the Democrats’ best chance of defending those gains in the stormy environment of the 2022 midterm elections. […] Read more »
The ‘Big Lie’ wasn’t all that Georgia Republicans rejected last week
Georgia Republicans last week rejected two malignant trends within their party — one less conspicuous, but no less important, than the other. Best-known is the “Big Lie” about the 2020 election. By renominating Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, the Peach State GOP rejected former President Donald […] Read more »
Georgia was an aberration: The GOP is still closer to Donald Trump than it is to Mike Pence
Tuesday marked the worst performance this primary season for high-profile candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump. … But if it was a bad day for Trump, it was a good one for his former vice president. … The current President (Joe Biden) was once a vice president, so it […] Read more »
40% rate abortion one of most important issues, with a larger percentage of Democrats than Republicans viewing it this way
A new Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds 40% of adults nationwide say abortion is one of the most important issues to them, while 39% say it is somewhat important, and 21% say it is not very or not at all important. … Asked what public policy on abortion […] Read more »
Tennessee: Approval for Biden and Lee—and for a 2024 Trump presidential run—drops as voter malaise simmers
In a sign that malaise over rising inflation and stressors related to pandemic recovery could be influencing Tennesseans’ attitudes toward elected leaders, support for President Joe Biden and Gov. Bill Lee has dropped among registered voters, according to the most recent statewide Vanderbilt Poll. … Tennesseans also see a U.S. […] Read more »