During this election cycle political commentators have spent much time analyzing different voting groups. Will young voters and minorities turn out for Democrats? Will angry white male voters carry Trump’s GOP to victory? Will women voters be the force behind a dominant Blue Wave? With all of this political discussion, however, there has been one…
A combination of the overturning of the Republican gerrymander and Trump’s unpopularity could flip up to 4 House seats to Democrats in North Carolina. The Princeton Election Consortium found some interesting data in North Carolina: Disapproval of Trump has hit North Carolina particularly hard. In four Congressional districts where polls are available – the 2nd,…
Democratic Texas Senate candidate Rep. Beto O’Rourke had the perfect answer to Trump’s trolling and shut the president down in less than half a minute.
The president’s son, Eric Trump, showed some of the desperation that is building in the Republican Party as he begged Republicans to show up and vote during an interview on Fox News.
The Democratic Campaign Congressional Committee has unveiled a series that are designed to appeal to people outside of traditional politics. The ads feature people telling their life stories and are designed to get minorities and millennials out to vote.
Polling reveals that control of Congress may depend on seniors voters who have turned on Trump and the Republican Party, and are supporting Democrats in 2018.
Democratic US Senate candidate Rep. Beto O’Rourke is surging in Texas, as his momentum is so strong that Republicans are mounting an emergency to campaign to try and save Sen. Ted Cruz from defeat.
A clip of Senate candidate Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) defending protesting NFL players has gotten more views than Obama’s 2008 Democratic convention speech.
Most people think that if there is a Blue Wave election this year it will result in Democrats taking control of one or both houses of Congress. Just as likely, however, is the chance that the Blue Wave will sweep Democrats into power in statehouses throughout the nation. In many states popular moderate Republican governors…
The Russians successfully attacked a Democrat who was running against Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) who is the most pro-Putin and pro-Russia member of Congress.
The Russian plan for 2018 seemed obvious. The Russians will attack vulnerable red-state Democratic Senators who are up for reelection. This plan was confirmed with Russia’s attack on Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO).
Former FBI Director, and Republican, James Comey issued a plea to Democrats to avoid rushing to the far left because the middle wants sensible and balanced leadership.
Mitch McConnell’s top strategist, Josh Holmes, said that Trump’s attacks on the Mueller investigation are part of a Republican midterm election strategy to get out their voters in November.
Democratic House Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is ready to go, and she understands that if Democrats take back the House, she is going to have the leverage to test or crush the myth of Trump as a dealmaker.
A new Quinnipiac University poll of Ohio found that Donald Trump’s approval rating is upside down, Democrats are leading key midterm races and healthcare is the top issue on the voters’ minds.
A special election that Gov. Scott Walker put off holding for months turned into the GOP’s worst nightmare as Democrat Calen Frostman flipped the state senate seat from red to blue.
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has announced that he has canceled most of the Senate’s August recess to keep vulnerable red-state Democrats off of the campaign trail ahead of the midterm election.
A new CBS Battleground tracker poll found that the control of the House is a toss-up among battleground voters, but the number one issue that Democratic voters want to hear about in these districts isn’t the Russia investigation or impeachment. Voters are most concerned with health care.
New House seat ratings reveal that 68 House Republicans are now in danger of losing their jobs as 19 more seats have moved toward the Democrats. Roll Call reported, “After the latest round of changes, Inside Elections now has 68 Republican seats rated as vulnerable compared to just 10 vulnerable Democratic seats. And there are…
While over half the U.S. population is female, four out of every five members of the U.S. House of Representatives are men. Given the number of women running for Congress in 2018, that statistic may significantly change when new members of the House take office in January of 2019. The Associated Press has reported that…
A new NBC poll released Thursday morning should be a wakeup call to the NRA and its supporters in Washington, including President Trump. Â Most people think that putting more guns in schools is a really bad idea. The truth is that arming teachers is a crazy idea that could only be thought up by the…
Election expert Charlie Cook evaluated the political weather and concluded that a wave is coming for Democrats in 2018.
The Cook Political Report has updated their ratings of seven House races with six of them moving toward Democrats, which is another sign that Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is close to losing his job.
By a margin of 46%-28% voters surveyed in the NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll said that they want to elect a Democratic Congress in 2018 to limit and check Trump.
A new CNN poll shows that Democrats are united and have opened up a 14 point lead over Republicans on the generic congressional ballot ahead of the midterm election.
Democrats are engaged and ready to take back the House, as the party, which has outraised Republicans for months, set a new fundraising record in August.
It’s hard to gauge the outcome of midterm elections more than a year before they’re held, but Donald Trump’s presidency has motivated progressive and moderate voters in a way they haven’t been in a long time.
A new Morning Consult/Politico poll shows that the American people have soured on the Republican led government after the party’s efforts to repeal Obamacare, as Democrats hold a seven point lead on the generic congressional ballot.
A new Quinnipiac University poll revealed that passing a bill that raised the cost of health care and took away coverage from millions has made Speaker Paul Ryan the most disliked leader in Congress.
Rob Quist didn’t win, but here are five big reasons for Democrats to be happy after the Montana special House election.
A new Quinnipiac University poll found that retirement age voters are abandoning Trump in droves, which could be great news for Democrats looking to take back Congress in 2018.
With fundraising and the number of potential candidates skyrocketing, House Democrats are vowing that no Republican seat is off the table as a fired up Democrats are preparing to cast a wide net in a nationwide 2018 challenge to Trump and the GOP.
Americans are quickly mobilizing to defeat vulnerable GOP candidates who voted in favor the disastrous legislation.
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) sees Republicans having an unpopular president and no legislative accomplishments, and he is getting worried about Democrats winning back the Senate in 2018.
The special election in Kansas provided the first evidence that Republican voter complacency is very real, and the energy is with Democrats. If Democrats can duplicate what happened in Kansas in 2018, they will win back the House.
It took less than a week of leadership from the unpopular Republican trio of Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, and Donald Trump for American voters to give Democrats an eight-point edge in the generic Congressional ballot for 2018.
