Democratic energy has been on vivid display in a series of special elections since President Trump’s inauguration, including in strongly conservative areas where Republicans usually win elections easily, like Arizona’s Eighth District. CONT. Alexander Burns & Denise Lu, New York Times Read more »
Non-voters’ dislike of Donald Trump isn’t likely to make them vote in 2018
Millions of Americans stay home every election, and the 2018 midterms are unlikely to be much different despite broad disapproval of President Trump and discontent with the direction of the country, according to a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll. CONT. Marilyn Icsman, USA Today Read more »
Democratic control of Congress preferred 69%-28%, Harvard youth poll finds
… A new national poll of America’s 18- to 29-year-olds by Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP), located at the Kennedy School of Government, finds a marked increase in the number of young Americans who indicate that they will “definitely be voting” in the upcoming midterm Congressional elections. Overall, 37 percent […] Read more »
What We Mean When We Talk About ‘Suburban Women Voters’
… For all the attention they get in politics, asking why suburban women voters matter has the ring of asking why water is wet; at this point, it’s just an accepted, definitional Thing that suburban women voters are highly coveted. But seriously: why do suburban voters — and suburban women […] Read more »
How millennials and gun control can change the 2018 midterm landscape
There continues to be public outrage in the United States over gun violence in educational institutions. The shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida killed 17 people and injured 17 more, yet members of Congress refuse to take meaningful action to improve the situation. Efforts to strengthen […] Read more »
I Hacked an Election. So Can the Russians.
It’s time America’s leaders got serious about voting security. J. Alex Halderman (U. of Michigan), New York Times Read more »