The stakes are high for Thursday’s Capitol Hill hearing, pitting Trump Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh against Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused him of sexual assault — an accusation Kavanaugh has denied — when they were both in high school more than three decades ago. A new NPR/PBS […] Read more »
Majority of Americans oppose Kavanaugh nomination if Ford’s allegation is true, poll says
A majority of Americans believe the Senate should not confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh if Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual assault allegation against him is true, according to a new survey from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist Poll. CONT. Daniel Bush, PBS NewsHour Read more »
Voters in Battleground Districts Are Divided on Kavanaugh
Voters in 10 competitive House battleground districts remain deeply divided on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, according to a wave of New York Times Upshot/Siena College polls. But there are signs his support is eroding. CONT. Nate Cohn, New York Times Read more »
Nearly 75% of Latino Voters Believe Kavanaugh Should Withdraw
Less than two months before Latino voters head to the polls for the 2018 midterm elections, the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund and Latino Decisions released the results of the fourth wave of its ten-week tracking poll of Latino registered voters. … “Latino voters […] Read more »
There’s a suburban tsunami driving 2018
Converging crises are compounding the risk that Republicans could suffer historic 2018 losses in suburban communities that could harden a starkly polarized alignment in American politics. Precisely as sexual abuse allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh threaten to deepen the GOP’s already cavernous deficit with well-educated white women, the […] Read more »
Republicans wrestle with election impact of Kavanaugh controversy
With Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hanging in the balance, Republican operatives are growing increasingly concerned that the controversy is contributing to a larger atmosphere of dysfunction and chaos in Washington that is motivating voters against them in the midterm elections. … An NBC News poll released on Thursday […] Read more »