Outside the Beltway

Once again, a poll shows that large numbers of Americans, and most Americans, reject Evolution via Natural Selection as the explanation for humanity’s origin. How do we explain that?

The “good war” no more.

So far at least, the 2014 elections do not appear likely to be a political earthquake on the scale of 2006, 2008, or 2010.

Gun control has faded as a political issue as the memory of Newtown has faded, and that was entirely predictable.

The Tea Party hit another new polling low, but that really shouldn’t be much of a surprise.

Time to start talking about lame ducks?

Millenials don’t seem very concerned about signing up for ObamaCare, and they’re not very thrilled with Obama at the moment either.

A new poll finds the American public far less supportive of the idea of the U.S. as the world’s policeman.

Chris Christie has had a very good month, and it’s ending with him with a strong lead among potential Republican candidates for 2016.

The Generic Congressional Ballot has shifted again, but how long will this trend last?

More bad poll numbers for the President and his party.

Republican hardliners are pushing a position on immigration that is completely out of sync with the nation as a whole.

Yesterday’s change to the filibuster rule is likely to have little impact outside the beltway and the political chattering class.

The trends in President Obama’s approval numbers are not moving in the direction he ought to want them to go.

Once again, pretty much everybody hates Congress. However, it’s unclear if that will matter come Election Day.

A majority of Americans now disapprove of President Obama’s performance and a whopping 70 percent think the country is moving in the wrong direction.

Polling looks bleak for the GOP right now, but it’s unclear what that will mean a year from now.

Absent an unlikely major change, it looks like the Democrats will win the Governor’s race in Virginia

Cory Booker has not been quite as dominant in the New Jersey Special Election as many expected, but he’s still a virtual lock to win on Wednesday.

Divided government is the worst political system ever, except for all the others.

The GOP’s approval numbers have fallen like a stone, but it’s unclear whether this will matter in 2014.

The Virginia Governor’s race may be slipping too far for Republicans to pull off a victory.

There’s no denying it now. The GOP is being harmed by the events in Washington far more than the President and Democrats in general.

The real world impact of what’s happening in Washington is becoming apparent.

The first poll taken after the shutdown began has little good news for the Republican Party.

If you want to understand why Republicans in Congress are acting like they are, just look at the polls.

With just hours to go, the Republicans on Capitol Hill seem prepared to take a big political risk.

McAuliffe pulling away?

The GOP’s plan to defund reality becomes even more disconnected from reality.

Even before the Russian curve ball, the public opposition to military strikes on Syria was mounting.