On the eve of the midterm elections, Democrats continue to hold a double-digit lead over Republicans in a generic congressional ballot among likely voters, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. The party’s 55% to 42% advantage in the new poll mirrors their lead in early October and […] Read more »
Most Americans Confident in Accuracy of Upcoming Elections
As U.S. voters prepare to head to the polls for Tuesday’s midterm elections, seven in 10 Americans say they are “very” (28%) or “somewhat” confident (42%) that votes will be accurately cast and counted, similar to what Gallup has measured in past elections, except for 2008. CONT. Justin McCarthy, Gallup Read more »
Three early races to watch on election night
Election Day is Tuesday, but with late votes and close races we might not know which party controls the House and Senate until the wee hours of the next day — or after. If you are watching closely, however, you can probably get a good idea of the way things […] Read more »
Civics lessons: Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Neil Gorsuch on promoting education in citizenship
“There’s no such things as not voting. Not voting is voting,” said Eric Liu. “It’s voting to hand your power over to someone else who’s gonna say, ‘Thank you very much. Let me take that voice and that power and exercise it in your name, but in my interests.'” Makes […] Read more »
Democrats hold 7-point edge in final national NBC/WSJ poll
Democrats hold a 7-point advantage over Republicans in the final national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll before Tuesday’s midterm elections, with both parties showing record enthusiasm and interest in the upcoming contests. … Trump’s job rating among likely voters is 46 percent approve, 52 percent disapprove – essentially unchanged from […] Read more »
Election night could go into overtime
… For those of you hoping the 2018 midterms will end on Election Day, I have some bad news: It’s possible that we go into overtime. I’m not just talking recounts. I’m talking about runoff elections in Georgia and Mississippi. CONT. Harry Enten, CNN Read more »