In one way, Maine offered the most interesting results of the night, and not only because of who appears to have won some of the party nominations for governor and Congress. The Pine Tree State became the first state in modern U.S. history to use ranked-choice voting (also known as […] Read more »
Voters Poised for Large Midterm Turnout, Opposed to Drastic Policy Actions by President Trump
Americans are overwhelmingly engaged in the upcoming 2018 congressional elections, and are poised to split with the president on a number of high-profile policy issues. In the inaugural edition of the George Washington University Politics Poll more than three-quarters (78 percent) of registered voters said they definitely will vote in […] Read more »
Election interest data shows Democrats have work to do
Our latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll had plenty of numbers to cheer Democrats up, including a 10-point advantage on the generic ballot and a 16-point cushion over GOP voters when it comes to having a high level of interest in the November election. But there may also be a […] Read more »
Maine: Ranked-Choice Means Primary Polling Is Even Less Reliable
Polling in primary elections has always been difficult, due to typically-low voter turnout. But experts say it is even more arduous when voters are surveyed about their preferences under the new ranked-choice voting law. CONT. Mal Leary, Maine Public Read more »
House Ratings Changes: Democrats Breathe a California-Sized Sigh of Relief
Democrats have to be happy and relieved by the results of Tuesday’s primaries: they appear to have avoided getting “locked out” of California’s top-two primaries, advancing candidates to the November ballot in all of the seven GOP seats they’re targeting (although in several districts, they didn’t avert catastrophe by much). […] Read more »
What the year’s biggest primary night gave each party
More than 6 million voters went to the polls across eight states on Tuesday, the biggest primary night of the year. The battle to control Congress was front and center, but there were revealing elections in key Senate and gubernatorial races too. Judy Woodruff gets analysis from Scott Schafer of […] Read more »