The Monmouth University Poll finds the race for control of the House of Representatives to be tight in a new analysis of polls conducted in eight competitive bellwether congressional districts over the summer. … These are key findings from 3,390 interviews conducted in CA48, PA01, PA17, NJ03, NJ11, OH12, VA10, […] Read more »
Democratic Senate hopes are alive, though precarious
… Democrats need a net gain of two seats. To get there, Democrats probably need one of the following scenarios to come true. Democrats likely need to win Republican held seats in Arizona and Nevada. Then they need to hold onto all 26 of their currently held seats, including in […] Read more »
Democrats Embrace Liberal Insurgents, Demanding New Face for Party
The Democratic primary elections of 2018 have brought an end to an era of deference by liberals to establishment leaders in Washington and the states, as an emboldened coalition of women, young people and racial minorities claimed ownership of the party and steered it to war against President Trump. In […] Read more »
Boiling resistance to Trump produces Democrats’ herbal tea party
Some call it the resistance; others label it the herbal tea party. Whatever the name, liberal insurgents demanding a more confrontational approach to President Trump and his Republican allies upended the Democratic establishment last week. From Boston’s Charles River to the Senate committee rooms at the Capitol, from Chicago’s City […] Read more »
Forget the House. It’s the battle for the Senate that could provide the most drama on election night.
For months now, the focus of Campaign 2018, rightly, has been on control of the House. All the metrics continue to point to a midterm election in which Democrats could seize control of that chamber. But for sheer drama and unpredictability, the contest for control of the Senate could be […] Read more »
Midterm Poll-iferation
Rack ‘em up! The Marist Poll and battleground state polling partner NBC News have completed a dozen state polls since the beginning of the summer. On tap this week – Missouri, Indiana, and Tennessee. On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, the team takes a close look at the dynamics […] Read more »