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Category: Elections

Articles about polling, voting, fundraising, and representation.

January 7, 2019 Elections / On the Issues

The Changing Supreme Court: Public Perception and Partisanship

The Supreme Court occupies an unusual niche in the public imagination. Over decades of polling, Americans have expressed significant faith in the American federal judicial system — more faith, at least, than they have for comparable federal institutions. Since the 1970s, the percentage of Americans

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December 6, 2018 Elections / On the Issues

Voting Rights & Access: Citizen Initiatives Made a Splash in 2018

For months or years leading up to November’s elections, Americans across the country called, canvassed, and petitioned their way onto state ballots. These individuals and groups were taking advantage of state laws that permit citizens themselves to propose and decide on policy initiatives— a form

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October 25, 2018 Elections / On the Issues

Midterms preview: the race to a majority

As voters head to the polls for early voting, the landscape of the midterms remains far from secure for either party. Although the odds of Democrats taking the House has stayed relatively high, control of the Senate remains a guessing game. Fundraising numbers have skyrocketed

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August 22, 2018 Elections / On the Issues

How has election polling accuracy fared in 2017 and 2018?

Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election defied the predictions of most well-known pollsters, who had estimated Clinton’s likelihood of winning in the 70 to 99 percent range. After Trump’s win, many headlines suggested that the polls had failed, and the

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June 29, 2018 Elections / On the Issues

The incumbency effect in the 2018 midterms

With November’s general elections four months away, both parties are gearing up for an election that might propel Democrats to a majority – or might not. The House has attracted the most attention: Democrats need to pick up only 23 Republican-held seats in the 435-seat

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March 29, 2018 Advocacy and Best Practices / Elections / On the Issues

Takeaways from PA-18 special election on fundraising & strategy

In November, voters from southwest Pennsylvania will vote for a congressional candidate for the second time this year. Instead of a Republican incumbent, which they’ve had for the past 15 years, the incumbent will be Democrat Conor Lamb. He recently beat Republican Rick Saccone in

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March 9, 2018 Elections / On the Issues

Recap: Charlie Cook on the 2018 Midterms

“All politics is local.” So said former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neil. The phrase means that, to succeed in politics, a politician must appeal to the mundane, everyday, and indeed local concerns of his or her constituents.   But political analyst Charlie Cook, who

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March 1, 2018 Advocacy and Best Practices / Elections / On the Issues / Technology and Cybersecurity

We’re Woefully Unprepared to Deal with Campaign Finance in the Digital Age

Campaign finance has received more than its usual attention recently with the revelation that the Russian government spent at least $100,000 on political Facebook ads surrounding the 2016 election. This episode highlights just how unprepared we are to regulate campaign finance in the digital age.

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October 22, 2017 Elections / On the Issues

Republicans and Democrats: More divided than ever? Or just back to normal?

Republicans and Democrats show different levels of trust in news media, with different media brand preferences. The gap seems wider, but isn’t abnormal.

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