When Joe Biden ran for president in 2020, he had all the advantages of a nonincumbent in a year when everything had gone wrong. Biden waged a careful, disciplined campaign, built around a simple message: He would end the pandemic, rebuild the economy and restore normalcy. After the chaos of […] Read more »
Gloomy landscape for Democrats for midterms as Biden’s approval drops to 38%: USA TODAY/Suffolk poll
A year before the 2022 midterm elections, Republicans hold a clear early lead on the congressional ballot as President Joe Biden’s approval rating sinks to a new low of 38%. A new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll, taken Wednesday through Friday, found that Biden’s support had cratered among the independent voters […] Read more »
Local Democrats warn party: Growing Republican wave is real
The Democrats of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, felt the red wave building over the summer when frustrated parents filled school board meetings to complain about masking requirements and an academic theory on systemic racism that wasn’t even taught in local schools. They realized the wave was growing when such concerns, fueled […] Read more »
Virginia and New Jersey Elections in National Context
Elections for state offices reflect state-specific issues, the personalities and backstories of the candidates running for office, and the dynamics of the campaigns. State elections can also reflect trends and circumstances occurring at the national level. This last point is important, given the tendency of many observers to use the […] Read more »
Just under half approve of the work President Biden has been doing in office
One in four Americans believe the economy is the most pressing issue facing the country today while just under half approve of the work President Biden has been doing in office. … Americans are split on Biden’s performance while in office with 48% approving but 47% disapproving. Democrats remain largely […] Read more »
An abnormal Republican Party was treated normally by voters in New Jersey and Virginia
Tuesday’s election results in New Jersey and Virginia — a big swing away from the party that controls the White House — were fairly normal. And that’s the scary thing. The president’s party generally struggles in off-year elections for two reasons. First, there is often a turnout gap that favors […] Read more »