Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings jolted Republican enthusiasm. The July 22 NPR/PBS News House/Marist poll, for example, found that 78% of Democrats and only 68% of Republicans considered this midterm “very important.”
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Republicans have closed the enthusiasm gap in the wake of the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, but how does that translate into voter reliability?
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What issues are important to voters this November? According to a recent CBS News/YouGov Battleground poll, 70% of voters say health care is very important to their ballot this year, including 76% of women voters and 64% of Independents.
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Thursday will be an immensely consequential day for America. As of this writing, Christine Blasey Ford is scheduled to appear in the morning before the Senate Judiciary Committee, followed by Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
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The president’s party almost always loses seats in the U.S. House in a Midterm Election, but Gallup notes that losses are higher when the president’s approval rating is lower.
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