As Election Day approaches and Florida’s gubernatorial race draws to a close, the outlook looks bleak for Charlie Crist. With traditionally Democratic-leaning Miami-Dade County already turning more red than blue in early voting this week, a FiveThirtyEight electoral model predicts Crist has a snowball’s chance in hell of winning against Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis . … Read more
If the mere mention of the term “mid-term choice” makes you want to book a one-way ticket to another planet, you’re not alone. That the Republicans are very likely to retake control of the House – and have a good chance of capturing the Senate as well – is frightening not only by virtue of … Read more
Among Bernie Sanders last campaign stop leading up to Tuesday’s midterm elections: a swing across Oregon, speaking to thousands in Eugene and Portland. His Senate colleague Elizabeth Warren had flown in just a few days earlier to get the Democrats. Even the president Joe Biden— who is not the most desirable surrogate this cycle — … Read more
A funny (“funny”) thing about Republicans who want to ban abortion is that while they force people to give birth against their will, they consistently refuse to do anything to improve the conditions in which these forced births occur. Take the Ohio State representative Bill Dean, is currently running for re-election. He believes that anyone … Read more
Here’s what I’m looking for Tuesday as I watch the election returns on Fox News in New York. When the polling stations close on Tuesday at 6:00 PM EST in parts of Indiana and Kentucky (both states are split between time zones), I’ll compare what each Democrat and Republican hopeful receives to what their parties’ … Read more
It’s routine pre-election talk in any democratic country – the ruling party and leader say how strong the economy is, and the opposition bangs on about how bad it could be. In the context of the United States, what neither Democrats nor Republicans are telling their voting base is that regardless of who wins the … Read more
Marc Burstein has overseen ABC News’ political coverage for more than two decades. “I was in this job in 2000, when the election lasted 35 days. We weren’t so ready for that,” he said of a presidential election that was eventually decided by the Supreme Court. I had asked about the ABC’s plans for election … Read more
The Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institution released the 13th annual American Values Survey last week. This year, for the first time, we surveyed Americans’ attitudes toward potential third-party and independent candidacies. (I have been a longtime member of the Brookings team.) We asked respondents to choose between four options: candidates from a … Read more
A Democratic candidate for New York State Governor cannot be elected without the support of New York City’s vast number of Democratic voters. But if you look around Gotham, you’d be hard-pressed to find a single political sign supporting Governor Kathy Hochul, the Democratic candidate in next week’s election. Meanwhile, signs for Republican candidate Lee … Read more
Arizona GOP Attorney General Mark Brnovich slammed election deniers, including his state’s Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake, over election fraud claims. Brnovich spoke to “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley about what he called “horseshit” claims about the 2020 presidential election in an interview that aired on Sunday. Brnovich, who reportedly voted for election denialist and … Read more