Oct 28 A week out, here are the most competitive Senate races By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe We’ve written a lot about the top takeovers, with Republicans needing to net six seats to take control of the U.S. Senate. But what about the closest races? And a lot of them are close. Of the 36 states where… Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch the most memorable political ads of 2014 By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe More than $1 billion has been spent in this campaign on TV ads. There were several that stood out this year for different reasons — from the issues they brought up to the, sometimes strange, attempts at getting attention. We… Continue reading
Oct 24 The $4 billion midterm — most expensive ever By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Interest in election may be low from general public, but the power players care and are investing Nearly $4 billion expected to be spent, more than any midterm in history Outside groups also to… Continue reading
Oct 23 Your Election Night roadmap By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: GOP with better than 50-50 chance of winning the Senate But it could be a late Election Night We could all be waiting on Iowa, Alaska, or go into overtime On the 12th day… Continue reading
Oct 22 From pot to guns, they’re on the ballot this fall By Domenico Montanaro, Simone Pathe, Rachel Wellford Today in the Morning Line: Two states could legalize marijuana Five states vote on whether to raise the minimum wage Washington state decides whether to expand or restrict gun background checks Three states decide on whether to effectively tighten… Continue reading
Oct 21 Democrats are in a box when it comes to President Obama By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Obama calls red-state Democrats “strong allies and supporters” But will Republicans using his lines against him in blue states work? The political communication world is flat Obama hands GOP another line: President Obama’s had… Continue reading
Oct 20 When Republicans have an edge on this poll question, they usually win big By Domenico Montanaro, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Republicans have another likely voter advantage Security is the latest issue of the scattershot campaign It’s the demographics, stupid Romney 2016? Not likely, but here’s what his lead in a new poll says about… Continue reading
Oct 17 Ebola, final-stretch campaigning, and “fan-gate” By Domenico Montanaro, Simone Pathe, Rachel Wellford Today in the Morning Line: Obama opens door to Ebola czar In for a wild last two weeks of the campaign Stay cool, man, especially when you’re in Florida Here comes the czar? Ebola, final-stretch campaigning, and “fan-gate.” It… Continue reading
Oct 16 Now it’s Ebola that benches Obama from the campaign By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Obama off the campaign trail He was scheduled to be in seven states before Election Day All about 2016? Obama’s not the only one — Rick Perry cuts short Europe trip Obama cancels campaign… Continue reading
Oct 15 Why governors could be in for historic losses By Domenico Montanaro, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Focus so far has been on senators, but don’t miss what could happen with governors The list of governors’ losses back to 1960 Three reasons why a record number of governors could lose Pot… Continue reading