• Democratic presidential candidates face economic challenge in Wisconsin

    Democratic presidential candidates face economic challenge in Wisconsin

    May 14, 2019 01:42 PM EST

    How people feel is the key question. In AP VoteCast, a national survey of voters in last year's midterm election, 68% of Wisconsin voters rated the economy as good or excellent and about as many said their family was holding steady financially. Rita Lock, a 54-year-old Democrat ...

  • Unions urge Democrats to focus on kitchen table economics

    Unions urge Democrats to focus on kitchen table economics

    Apr 15, 2019 02:05 PM EST

    ... on Democrats' behalf, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Democrats won union workers by a strong 59%-39% margin in 2018, according to AP VoteCast, a national survey of the electorate. But other big donors and — small, online ones, too — increasingly compete with labor's organizing muscle as key ...

  • After 2016 loss, Democrats know they need white male voters

    After 2016 loss, Democrats know they need white male voters

    Apr 07, 2019 07:58 PM EST

    ... White men make up typically make up about one-third of the electorate. In 2018, 41 percent of them voted for Democrats, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of the national electorate. While Democrats’ strength among women won headlines and was often credited with Democrats’ strong showing, white men also ...

  • Trump trying to make case for Jewish voters to back 2020 bid

    Trump trying to make case for Jewish voters to back 2020 bid

    Apr 06, 2019 06:49 PM EST

    ... to control your politicians, that’s fine,” he said at the time. Ultimately, the group and many of its donors backed Trump. According to AP Votecast, a survey of more than 115,000 midterm voters and 3,500 Jewish voters nationwide, voters who identified as Jewish broke for Democrats over ...

  • Trump suggests deferring GOP health plan push to after 2020

    Trump suggests deferring GOP health plan push to after 2020

    Apr 02, 2019 01:51 PM EST

    ... next year. Health care, especially protections for people with pre-existing conditions, resonates with voters and helped Democrats in the November elections. According to AP VoteCast, a survey of more than 115,000 midterm voters nationwide, nearly 4 in 10 Democratic voters identified health care as the most important among ...

  • Donald Trump and Democrats turn focus to fight over health care

    Donald Trump and Democrats turn focus to fight over health care

    Mar 27, 2019 01:36 PM EST

    That confidence is in part because health care was a big political winner for Democrats last year. According to AP VoteCast, a survey of more than 115,000 midterm voters nationwide, nearly 4 in 10 Democratic voters identified health care as the most important among a list of key issues ...

  • WATCH: Pelosi unveils plan to strengthen Affordable Care Act as Trump revives push to end it

    WATCH: Pelosi unveils plan to strengthen Affordable Care Act as Trump revives push to end it

    Mar 26, 2019 05:32 PM EST

    That confidence is in part because health care was a big political winner for Democrats last year. According to AP VoteCast, a survey of more than 115,000 midterm voters nationwide, nearly 4 in 10 Democratic voters identified health care as the most important among a list of key issues ...

  • Parkland anniversary highlights how Democrats have shifted on guns

    Parkland anniversary highlights how Democrats have shifted on guns

    Feb 12, 2019 11:25 PM EST

    ... Denver in 2012. Even in Republican-dominated Texas, backing gun control didn't stop Democrats from flipping a suburban Houston seat to their column. AP VoteCast, a nationwide survey of the American electorate, found 8 percent of midterm voters across the country called gun policy the top issue facing the ...

  • Departure of Trump's GOP critics in Senate leaves a void

    Departure of Trump's GOP critics in Senate leaves a void

    Jan 02, 2019 02:48 PM EST

    ... and not be shy about disagreeing on others. Romney appears to have more room with GOP voters in Utah to take on the president. Most voters in Utah — 64 percent — would like to see the senator confront the president, according to data from AP VoteCast, a survey of midterm voters.

  • Military women, female veterans are shifting away from GOP

    Military women, female veterans are shifting away from GOP

    Dec 29, 2018 08:15 PM EST

    Not the female veterans, though. Their margin of support for Democrats was comparable to that of women overall, according to VoteCast data. AP VoteCast is a nationwide survey of more than 115,000 midterm voters — including more than 4,000 current and former service members — conducted for The Associated Press ...