The contest for control of the House remains close and hard fought, according to a new Washington Post-Schar School poll of the most-contested districts in the country, with Democrats holding a statistically insignificant lead over Republicans. The latest survey shows only a marginal change in the race during October, with […] Read more »
The Democrats’ Left Turn Is Not an Illusion
Over the past 18 years, the Democratic electorate has moved steadily to the left, as liberals have displaced moderates. Self-identified liberals of all races and ethnicities now command a majority in the party, raising the possibility that views once confined mainly to the party elite have spread into the rank […] Read more »
Why Elizabeth Warren is #1 in our new 2020 rankings
Even before the 2018 election, we already know one of the winners: Women. And Democratic women in particular. … Poll after poll of late suggests that women are not only fired up to vote next month, but are leaning heavily toward Democrats. … The power of women in politics isn’t […] Read more »
Gender gap helps keep Democrats in front — CBS News poll
With less than a month to go before Election Day, a growing number of Republican and Democratic voters in key battleground districts say they would be angry at the prospect of the other side winning. And anger is related to turnout: those who say they’d be angry are also more […] Read more »
There is still a huge divide on gender roles in the US
For many women, the confirmation of new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has been a shattering event. But the high-pressure confrontation may have shattered nothing as much as the myth of a monolithic female response to the charged questions of sex, power and the shifting roles of women and men. […] Read more »
‘Rock bottom’: Supreme Court fight reveals a country on the brink
When Christine Blasey Ford accused Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexual assault last month, she did more than open herself up to unwanted scrutiny. She held up a mirror to a country in crisis, revealing its political players and embattled institutions not for what they claimed to be but for […] Read more »