Outside the Beltway

With just 72 days to go until Election Day, the chances that the Democrats will take control of at least one chamber of Congress are looking quite good.

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez continues to lead in the polls, but his lead is far from secure.

A new poll shows Ted Cruz in a much tighter than expected race for re-election, but it’s going to take more to consider Texas a state that Democrats could pick up in the fall.

The American public is not sold on the idea of a ‘Space Force.’

New Generic Congressional Ballot polls have good news for Democrats.

A new poll shows that most Americans believe that race relations have gotten worse under President Trump.

A new study finds that a majority of the UK population—and of UK Parliamentary seats—support remaining in EU.

Nominating Corey Stewart is beginning to look like the biggest mistake Virginia Republicans have ever made.

New polling shows that the ground looks fertile for Democrats in the fall.

A fourth poll in less than a month shows that most Americans support keeping the rights protected in Roe v. Wade alive.

Most Americans disapprove of the President’s handling of our relationship with Russia, and foreign policy more generally, in the wake of the Helsinki Summit. That’s not having much of an impact on his overall job approval, though.

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez is running for a third term under a dark ethical cloud. That probably won’t matter.

Three new polls show that Republicans basically agree with the leader of their party when it comes to the issue of Russian interference in American elections.

Initial polling on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court find the public more divided than they have been for other recent SCOTUS picks, but that’s unlikely to impact the fate of his nomination.

Rick Scott is pulling in impressive fundraising numbers, giving Democrats reason to worry that they’ll have another Senate seat to worry about in November.

Another poll shows that the vast majority of Americans do not want to see the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade overturned.

A new poll lends credence to the suggestion that Democrats should be careful about rallying behind the call to “Abolish ICE.”

A new poll finds that most Americans oppose key elements of the immigration policies that the President and Republicans in Congress support.

Recent polling finds that Americans aren’t feeling quite so patriotic right now. It’s understandable, but we shouldn’t give up hope.

As Washington gets ready to fight a new battle over Roe v. Wade an new poll shows that most Americans oppose overturning that decision.

Virginia Republicans nominated arch-Trumpist Corey Stewart for the Senate three weeks ago. His campaign appears to be going about as well as expected.

A new survey shows that Americans are increasingly unable to tell the difference between fact and opinion. That’s a problem.

Notwithstanding the rhetoric of the President and his supporters, most Americans believe that immigration is a good thing for the United States.

A new poll out of Arizona gives Republicans some hope that they’ll be able to dodge the possibility of Joe Arpaio or Kelli Ward winning a primary to fill an already vulnerable seat.

New polling shows that the Trump Administration’s family separation policy is widely unpopular, with only Republicans supporting it. That last fact, though, is why Trump is unlikely to change the policy.