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October 11, 2018Midterm Update: North Dakota Goes to Leans Republican, Giving the Republicans a Clearer Edge in the Senate By Kyle Kondik
Because we know readers want to see the up-to-the-minute state of play, we’re going to be publishing our Senate and gubernatorial maps, along with our House ratings tables, at the top of the Crystal Ball each week from here to the election. One can also always find our ratings at our Crystal Ball site as well as the UVA Center for Politics-Ipsos Political Atlas, which also features projections based on poll-based modeling and social media metrics.

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                            October 10, 2018Following Record Jobs Report, Fewer Than Ever Know Someone Unemployed
The latest jobs report released Friday shows unemployment at a 49-year low, and fewer Americans than ever now know someone out of work.

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                            October 10, 2018GOP Voters Madder, More Likely to Vote Because of Kavanaugh
Republicans are madder about the Kavanaugh controversy than Democrats are and more determined to vote in the upcoming elections because of it.
October 10, 2018Socialism Destroys By John Stossel
Socialism is hot.
October 10, 2018The Most Important Movie You've Never Heard Of By Michelle Malkin
It's here.

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                            October 10, 2018Generic Congressional Ballot Is All Tied Up
With less than a month to Election Day, the Generic Congressional Ballot is now dead even.

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                            October 9, 2018Nearly Half Favor Student Depression Screenings
Schools in New Jersey may soon be required to screen all middle and high school students for depression, and with teen suicide rate climbing, many think that’s a good idea.

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                            October 9, 2018Kavanaugh Wins Popular Vote, Too
It’s a done deal: Judge Brett Kavanaugh is now a member of the U.S. Supreme Court, and voters tend to think that’s okay.
October 9, 2018Ending the Credit Rating Agency Racket By Stephen Moore
This month marks the 10-year anniversary of the housing market meltdown that led to the Great Recession. Is another crisis looming around the corner?  

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                            October 9, 2018Most See More Female Leaders in the Near Future
The sexual assault allegations against new U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh have renewed discussion about women’s role in society, and most voters now see a bigger place for women leaders. But voters still don't buy into Hillary Clinton's rosy view of a female future.
October 9, 2018Casualty Lists From the Kavanaugh Battle By Patrick J. Buchanan
After a 50-year siege, the great strategic fortress of liberalism has fallen. With the elevation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court seems secure for constitutionalism -- perhaps for decades.
October 8, 2018Democrats' Foul Tactics on Kavanaugh May Come Back to Bite Them By Michael Barone
"I can't think of a more embarrassing scandal for the United States Senate since the McCarthy hearings," said Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn as then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the afternoon of Sept. 27, "and the question was asked, 'Have you no sense of decency?'"

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                            October 8, 201843% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-three percent (43%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending October 4.

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                            October 8, 2018Americans Are More Upbeat About U.S.-China Trade
Despite escalating tensions between China and the United States over new tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, voters are much more optimistic these days in the United States’ trade future with China.

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                            October 8, 2018Men, Women Disagree on Gov. Mandate to Seat Women on Boards of Directors
California now requires all publicly traded companies in the state to have at least one woman on their board of directors by the end of 2019. While men and women don’t see eye-to-eye on whether they’d want a law like this in their state, they do agree that the decision shouldn’t be up to the government.
October 6, 2018Trump Has Revolutionized Politics. Can Democrats Catch Up? By Ted Rall
Donald Trump may last; he may go away. But the influence of his revolutionary approach to American politics will endure. What he learned and taught about campaigning will be studied and emulated for years to come. Social media matters. In 2016, his free Twitter feed defeated Hillary Clinton's $1.2 billion fundraising juggernaut.   

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                            October 6, 2018What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 6, 2018
Maybe it’s because he’s out of the headlines, but President Trump is enjoying his highest job approval rating since just after his inauguration last year. For U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, it’s still a battle.

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                            October 5, 201857% Agree It’s ‘A Scary Time’ to Be A Young Man
Responding to the drumbeat of support by Democrats for the still unproven sexual assault allegations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump said this week, “It’s a very scary time for young men in America when you can be found guilty of something that you may not be guilty of.” Most voters agree.
October 5, 2018We Are All Deplorables Now By Patrick J. Buchanan
Four days after he described Christine Blasey Ford, the accuser of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, as a "very credible witness," President Donald Trump could no longer contain his feelings or constrain his instincts.

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                            October 5, 2018Most Rate Senate's Handling of Kavanaugh Process As Poor
Most voters disapprove of how the U.S. Senate has conducted Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation process and say the U.S. Supreme Court nominee has been investigated enough.