Tomorrow is Election Day, and FiveThirtyEight will be watching competitive races in a number of states. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses the governors races in Kentucky and Mississippi and state legislative elections in Virginia. Next, the team takes a look at the latest in […] Read more »
Joe Biden’s Un-Dead Campaign?
This week, we discuss the latest New Hampshire poll that has Joe Biden coming in 3rd place. Then we discuss the overall health of the Biden campaign, amid reports it may be struggling. And finally, we look at a few key elections taking place Tuesday on the state level in […] Read more »
Election 2019 Mega-Preview: Political Conformity Seeks Further Confirmation
As Americans head to the polls next week, there are three major prizes at stake. Republicans currently control all three of these prizes: the governorships in Kentucky and Mississippi and majority control of the Virginia General Assembly, composed of the state House of Delegates and the state Senate. In an […] Read more »
As Impeachment Divide Persists, More Voters Embrace an Inquiry
Over lunch at the Frost Cafe, a corner diner in a picturesque pocket of Virginia that President Trump won handily in 2016, opinion over his impeachment is as varied as anywhere in the country. Garland Gentry, 74, a pro-Trump retiree, declared the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry “another in a long […] Read more »
Democrats promise a new Virginia if they win control of legislature. And that’s exactly what worries Republicans.
… If Democrats win control of the state legislature Nov. 5, they will join with Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam to exercise their first consolidated grip on state government in a generation. All 140 seats in the General Assembly are on the ballot; Republicans are defending a 20-19 edge in the […] Read more »
Poll finds Virginia voters focused on gun policy ahead of pivotal election
Gun policy is the top issue for Virginia voters just one month before pivotal elections that will determine control of the state legislature, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll. CONT. Gregory S. Schneider, Laura Vozzella & Scott Clement, Washington Post Read more »