Democrats and Republicans in the Nation's Capital have seldom agreed on anything in recent years, and the majority of voters expect things to remain the same. Most also see President Obama and both parties in Congress as continuing to govern in a partisan way. ?
Illinois’ embattled Democratic Governor Pat Quinn has closed the gap somewhat this month and now trails his Republican challenger Bill Brady by just three points in the state’s hotly-contested gubernatorial contest.
With just four months to go before the voting in November, many races have settled in—falling into the D or R column as Solid, Likely, or Lean. But then, there are those stubborn toss-ups. Some are unmovable since the primaries haven’t yet been held and the nominees in one or both parties are unknown. Still others haven’t gelled because candidates aren’t spending money or voters stubbornly refusing to focus on politics in the middle of a hot summer. (How dare they?)
Americans are evenly divided over the idea of paying higher taxes to save their Social Security benefits, but older Adults like the idea much more than those who are younger.
Longtime New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter earns more votes than any other American League player for this year’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin thinks there should be a special election to replace the late Robert Byrd in the U.S. Senate, and a solid majority of the state’s voters agree with him.
The Illinois Senate race remains a virtual tie, but Republican Mark Kirk’s support appears to be trending down.
Sixty percent (60%) of voters in Pennsylvania now disapprove of the job Democrat Ed Rendell is doing as governor, the highest level of disapproval measured since early October 2009.
Voters by a two-to-one margin oppose the U.S. Justice Department’s decision to challenge the legality of Arizona’s new immigration law in federal court. Sixty-one percent (61%), in fact, favor passage of a law like Arizona’s in their own state, up six points from two months ago.
In 1978, Justice Lewis Powell wrote an opinion in the Bakke case asserting that the need for diversity could justify racial preferences in university admissions. No other justice joined this opinion, but because the other justices were split 4-4, Powell's opinion decided the case, and in time his argument has been embraced by a majority of the court. A regrettable result, in my view, but a consequential one.
Most Americans report their state currently has a budget crisis, and they continue to blame politicians more than taxpayers for the problem.
The Obama administration is challenging Arizona's tough new immigration law, and that's too bad. It's not that the Arizona law is good policy, because it isn't. And it's not that President Obama doesn't have a better idea on immigration reform, because he does. Democrats should know that they play with fire by going after a law that reflects the public's utter frustration with illegal immigration.
Florida’s Senate race remains all about Republican-turned-independent Charlie Crist and likely GOP nominee Marco Rubio.
So often are the certitudes and pronouncements of the chattering class simply mistaken that they must always be treated with deep skepticism. That is especially true when anything important is at stake -- from the arguments for invading Iraq several years ago to today's economic stagnation. Whatever the conventional wisdom tells you must be true is almost certainly false.
Republicans Jerry Moran and Todd Tiahrt outdistance all four of their potential Democratic rivals by substantial margins in the race for U.S. Senate in Kansas, a state that hasn't elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1932.
St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols earns more votes than any other National League player to start in this year’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
In the face of strong voter opposition to tax cuts of any kind, New York’s state legislature continues to resist efforts to cut the budget down to size, forcing Governor David Paterson to veto what little he can to reduce the sticker shock for voters.
North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall received a big bounce in the polls last month following her run-off victory to win the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. However, the bounce is gone and the race is back to where it’s been for most of the year with Republican Senator Richard Burr enjoying a double digit lead.
North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall received a big bounce in the polls last month following her run-off victory to win the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. However, the bounce is gone and the race is back to where it’s been for most of the year with Republican Senator Richard Burr enjoying a double digit lead.
Most Americans would not pay higher taxes for specific public services in their states, but they are more supportive of paying for education and staffing law enforcement than supporting state employees and entitlement programs.
