Outside the Beltway

Despite his ethical issues, Bob Menendez appears to be solidifying his position in New Jersey’s Senate race.

At least for the moment, the fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court appears to be helping Republicans rally their base for November. The question is whether it will last after the fight is over.

In an ordinary year with an ordinary candidate New Jersey should be a slam dunk for Democrats. This, however, is not an ordinary year.

A new Gallup poll gives the GOP its highest favorability in years.

While one must give the benefit of the doubt to Ted Cruz, the Senate race in Texas is getting very interesting.

Senator Tim Kaine continues to maintain a huge lead over Corey Stewart in the Virginia Senate Race.

A new round of Congressional Ballot polls seems to put Democrats in a strong position for the ‘blue wave’ they’ve been hoping for all year.

With less than two months to go before the midterm elections, President Trump’s job approval numbers are hitting new lows.

With the Democratic Primary just days away, Andrew Cuomo’s Democratic challenger in New York is making headlines thanks to a rather odd culinary choice.

The GOP’s hold on the Bob Corker’s Senate seat in Tennessee may be in jeopardy.

The first significant post-primary poll of the Florida Senate race shows a dead heat between Governor Rick Scott and Senator Bill Nelson.

A new poll shows Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum with an early, but slim lead, over Congressman Ron DeSantis in the race for Florida’s Governor’s Mansion.

As the midterms get closer, the public’s perception of the President’s job performance is getting worse.

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.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s celebrity challenger doesn’t appear to be going anywhere.

After a period where Republicans seemed to be closing the gap, Democrats may be widening their lead heading into November.

The President’s constant attacks on the news media are meant for a single purpose, to undermine even accurate reporting about wrongdoing in his Administration.

As we approach the third anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, a new poll finds that two-thirds of Americans support same-sex marriage.

The number of Americans professing no religious affiliation is on the rise. This will have some interesting cultural and political implications.

Joe Manchin looks to be facing a strong challenge from Patrick Morrisey.

The Generic Congressional Ballot has tightened in some recent polls, but on average the battle for control of Congress continues to favor Democrats.

A majority of Americans want the President to stay in the nuclear deal with Iran. That’s unlikely to matter to him.

To paraphrase the late Dennis Green, he is who we thought he was. 

Support for gun control spiked in the wake of the Parkland, Florida school shooting but it appears to be returning to more normal levels, and that’s bad news for gun control advocates.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans support marijuana legalization according to a new poll.

Two months after the shooting in Parkland, Florida, support for gun control measures seems to be slipping.