The 2018 midterm election had the highest voter turnout since 1914, the last year midterm turnout broke 50%, and was way above the average of 40.3% over the last 50 years (1914 turnout was 50.1%, and 2018 was 50.3%). According to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in November 2018 (http://www.people-press.org/2018/12/17/most-voters-have-positive-views-of-their-midterm-voting-experiences/) 92% of midterm voters […]
read moreWritten by Bill McInturff: From the GOP side of the aisle, while Republicans are not happy to have lost the House, it is easy to appreciate that Nancy Pelosi is back as Speaker, as she is such a clear liability to the Democratic Party as Speaker of the House. Pelosi has high sustained net negative […]
read moreThe midterm elections – and the September surprise that upended them – are now in the rearview mirror. Of course, I’m alluding to the sexual assault allegations lodged against Justice Brett Kavanaugh by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and others. Apart from fiercely dividing the country, this episode had two primary quantifiable repercussions: it cemented the […]
read moreLast week I turned 27, and have officially survived two years past a quarter century. But I have yet to have a quarter-century crisis, and recent data suggests I’m in the minority. A recent poll of 25-33 year olds found that 75{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} have experienced such a crisis. The survey also found that the top cause […]
read moreThe retirement of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Anthony Kennedy once again puts the Supreme Court back in the headlines during a heated campaign cycle. And, like the nomination of Neil Gorsuch in 2017, recent survey data surrounding the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh tends to further cement the “new normal” I hypothesized last year […]
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