Poll shows Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s approval rating improves nine months after blackface scandal

Gov. Ralph Northam’s approval rating has inched up and disapproval has eased sharply since February, when fellow Democrats in Virginia and across the country demanded his ouster over a blackface scandal, according to a new Washington Post-Schar School poll. … Just under half of Virginians like the job Northam is […] Read more »

High Stakes in Virginia General Assembly Election will Preview 2020 Presidential

In the wake of the Blue Tsunami that crashed through Virginia on election night in November 2017, the state’s Democrats found their political fortunes in the House of Delegates dramatically transformed. … With two post-Trump elections behind them, both of which had produced large turnout surges for Democrats and sympathetic […] Read more »

Your Best 2020 Preview May Be The 2019 Elections

Even if you’ve been paying attention to political coverage lately, you’re forgiven for not knowing there are elections in just a couple months. But there’s more to pay attention to than 2020. Virginia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and New Jersey will be holding state legislative and/or gubernatorial races this November. In […] Read more »

A Republican poll shows overwhelming support for stricter gun control among suburban women

… A new poll conducted by a premier Republican polling firm shows that about 3 in 4 suburban women favor stricter gun laws. The Republican Main Street Partnership, which supports moderate Republicans and has endorsed “red flag” bills under consideration in the House, commissioned a Public Opinion Strategies survey of […] Read more »

Drivers behave worse than cyclists, walkers, and even scooter riders, Washingtonians say in new poll

Nearly 6 in 10 Washington-area residents say drivers frequently violate traffic laws in the region, more than say the same about pedestrians, bicyclists or electric scooter riders, according to a new Washington Post-Schar School poll. Perhaps surprisingly, drivers are more likely to fault other drivers as scofflaws than they are […] Read more »