With the last primary in New York this Thursday, the 2018 general election is fully under way. Let’s take stock of the political landscape as the contest enters its final eight weeks.
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A Wall Street Journal analysis of House and Senate campaign fundraising found that Democratic candidates maintain an edge over Republican candidates among small dollar donors (those who give $200 or less).
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It didn’t take long for acrimony to emerge on Capitol Hill Tuesday. Democratic senators tag-teamed Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley from the very start of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing.
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According to a recent Survey Monkey poll, Americans are paying attention to news surrounding Michael Cohen, but most tune out the calls for the president’s impeachment that have sprung up in liberal circles in response to the former Trump attorney’s claim...
There are two battles under way for control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
The first and better known is over which party will have the majority when the 116th Congress meets in January.
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According to the Pew Research Center, voters who support Democratic candidates for Congress are more politically engaged than voters who support Republicans for Congress, but voters from both parties are politically active on social media.
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They show up for every presidential campaign: wannabes like George Papadopoulos, self-promoters like Carter Page, and worse, grifters like Paul Manafort and straphangers like Michael Cohen.
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The number of cord-cutters – individuals who have dropped their access to pay-for television services – will likely jump from 24.9 million in 2017 to 33 million in 2018 (an increase of 32.8%), according to eMarketer projections.
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