Republican Ted Cruz leads Democrat Beto O’Rourke 41 percent to 36 percent in the general election race for a Texas seat in the U.S. Senate, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. CONT. Ross Ramsey, Texas Tribune Read more »
Arizona, Florida, Texas – immigration and key Senate races
The latest CBS News Battleground Tracker dives into how the issue of immigration and the separation of families at the border is playing in the key states of Arizona, Texas and Florida. Each features a hot Senate race this fall. Most voters are unhappy with the way immigration policy is […] Read more »
As Critics Assail Trump, His Supporters Dig In Deeper
… In interviews across the country over the last few days, dozens of Trump voters, as well as pollsters and strategists, described something like a bonding experience with the president that happens each time Republicans have to answer a now-familiar question: “How can you possibly still support this man?” Their […] Read more »
This poll shows why it’s difficult for Democrats to take the Senate
… A new Mason-Dixon poll in North Dakota puts Republican Kevin Cramer ahead of Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp 48% to 44%. Republican Donald Trump won the state by 36 points in 2016. … Polls indicate that the national environment will favor Democrats this fall. If every Senate seat were up […] Read more »
Trump’s bad week: A policy rollback, a political setback and a still-defiant president
President Trump has weathered one week after another of controversy, missteps and turmoil. None quite compares with what he experienced with the storm over his policy to separate migrant children from their parents. It was a trifecta of ineptitude: a policy hash, a political debacle and the most dramatic personal […] Read more »
Americans’ Certainty About Voting This Year Starting Off Low
Fifty-six percent of U.S. adults are currently “absolutely certain” they will vote in the November elections for Congress. That’s on the low side in Gallup’s trend of final pre-election midterm polls since 1954 and is similar to the 58% recorded just before the 2014 midterms, which had the lowest turnout […] Read more »