… “A poll from Christopher Newport University’s Judy Ford Wason Center for Public Policy shows Virginia voters oppose Medicaid expansion 53 percent to 41 percent,” reports WAMU’s Michael Pope. “In February, the university found the majority of voters favored Medicaid expansion 56 to 38.” Did the Kochs and Republicans win? […] Read more »
Rich Suburbs Can’t Save Democrats This November
Last fall, Democrat Terry McAuliffe defied the odds and beat Republican Ken Cuccinelli in Virginia’s gubernatorial race. Democrats, already suffering from President Obama’s flagging approval rating and ominous Senate prospects, began hoping they could tune out other failures and use their strategy in that swing-state race as a template to […] Read more »
Are Some Senate Democrats Too Likable to Vote Out?
Republicans are counting on a favorable environment and target-rich map to carry them to a Senate majority in 2015. But standing between them and victory are a slew of Democratic incumbents who, while vulnerable, have one important advantage: People like them. There’s no better example than in New Hampshire, home […] Read more »
Crazy Like a Fox?
Former Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie’s decision to challenge Democratic Sen. Mark Warner in Virginia triggered a lot of head-scratching in political circles, because Gillespie is widely seen as a very savvy guy, and Warner is perceived to be in a very strong position. “Why is Ed doing this?” […] Read more »
Narrow tea party losses are wake-up call for Republicans
The Republican establishment went into last week’s off-year elections believing that the tea party insurrectionists who have ripped apart the GOP in recent years would suffer enough damage to force them into some kind of retreat. But no one thinks that happened. The expectation now is that the long-running internal […] Read more »
YG Virginia: Virginia Post-Election Survey
… At our request, McLaughlin & Associates surveyed 600 Virginia gubernatorial election voters on the evening of November 5th regarding their 2013 ballots and a variety of other timely issues. … In analyzing this wide-ranging survey, our main conclusion is that conservatives are most likely to succeed in the policy […] Read more »