… I’ll cover more of the polling data closer to election day. What I want to address today is the movement in the polls, rather than our estimates of the election day vote share. Specifically, I want to focus on the staggering amount of attention Moore’s scandal garnered in the […] Read more »
Alabama’s Disdain for Democrats Looms Over Its Senate Race
… Mr. Moore was never widely popular in Alabama, even among Republicans; his zealous fan base has been just enough in some past elections, and in others — his two poor showings in Republican primaries for governor — it has been far short of enough. The aversion to Mr. Moore […] Read more »
CBS News poll: Alabama Republicans call allegations against Roy Moore false
A new CBS News poll finds 71 percent of Alabama Republicans say the allegations against Roy Moore are false, and those who believe this also overwhelmingly believe Democrats and the media are behind those allegations. The poll found 92 percent of Republicans who don’t believe the allegations against Moore say […] Read more »
Views on sexual harassment at work divide women by age
Sexual harassment and misconduct has now become a continuous theme of news coverage, with new allegations emerging on a weekly and sometimes daily basis. But as the stream of stories continues, data show that men and women — and particularly younger and older Americans — bring different views on how […] Read more »
Alabama race is neck and neck, with voters divided over Roy Moore allegations, poll finds
Alabama’s closely watched U.S. Senate race is a neck-and-neck contest as voter concerns about personal moral conduct weigh on the candidacy of Republican Roy Moore, according to a new Washington Post-Schar School poll. … The survey shows that allegations of improper sexual behavior against Moore, a former Alabama chief justice, […] Read more »
Democrats Missed Their Opportunity
We are reportedly at a “watershed” moment on the issue of sexual harassment. Women, emboldened by the Harvey Weinstein revelations, have come out of the shadows of shame and stigma to tell their own stories of harassment and assault. It’s also been a time of “reckoning” for Democrats who once […] Read more »