Democrats are favored to flip governorships in Maryland and Massachusetts, but they face tough challenges to capture or retain the governorships in eight other states. Michael Robinson Chavez / The Washington Post via Getty Images The governor’s mansion has recently been a strong point for Republicans, as they’ve held a majority of the country’s governorships … Read more
In this episode of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses whether a recent Gallup poll showing that more Americans identify with the GOP than the Democratic Party is a “good or bad use of polls.” They also rank the Senate races, which will be most important in determining which party will control the chamber … Read more
Coverage of the 2022 midterm elections has tended to focus on control of Congress — but control of state governments will be on the ballot too. In fact, with policymaking in Washington at a standstill, state-level elections may well have the bigger impact on Americans’ daily lives. And the biggest prize on the state level, … Read more
Senate Democrats have spent the past few months wrestling with President Biden’s social spending plan, voting rights legislation and the future of the filibuster. But now that 2022 has begun, they must now contend with the prospect of defending their exceedingly narrow majority in Congress’s upper chamber. Democrats control the bare minimum of 50 seats, … Read more
Eine Neuwahl der Wahlkreise kann das Wahlspielfeld für einen Amtsinhaber des US-Repräsentantenhauses auf unterschiedliche Weise verändern – ein Sitz könnte viel sicherer, anfälliger oder sogar ganz aufhören zu existieren. Aber in seltenen Fällen können Änderungen, die durch eine Neuverteilung der Wahlkreise bewirkt werden, auch dazu führen, dass zwei Amtsinhaber bei der nächsten Wahl gegeneinander antreten. … Read more
