An increased number of New Jersey women have jumped into politics this election cycle—many fueling a movement aimed at flipping the historically Republican 11th Congressional District from red to blue. https://t.co/fKmVDhBVIS #18for18 pic.twitter.com/LGmcws1M8h
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) October 13, 2018
To Republicans: Don’t tell me about civility:
GOP candidate for Pennsylvania governor Scott Wagner to his opponent Gov. Tom Wolf: "You better put a catcher's mask on your face because I'm going to stomp all over your face with golf spikes because I'm going to win this for the state of Pennsylvania."https://t.co/0RRey4nKdT
— Axios (@axios) October 13, 2018
Has been a weird week of polling. Democrats have shown a rebound on the generic ballot. But their Senate polling has been quite poor. Meanwhile, House district polls have been all over the place. https://t.co/UlBWZ8IXyC
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 13, 2018
Trump, Republicans hope to gin up energy with GOP voters by painting Democrats as unfit 'mob' ahead of midterms. Follow @ReutersTV's midterm election coverage https://t.co/cODCmiDplQ pic.twitter.com/wkqNvz1dFl
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 13, 2018
A new independent spending group tied to the billionaire Koch brothers has already spent millions of dollars on election ads but won’t reveal its funders until later this month.https://t.co/wPsbZyyOaQ
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) October 13, 2018
Texas Democrat Beto O'Rourke raises a record $38 million in Senate race https://t.co/e879kRL15I. Follow @ReutersTV's midterm election coverage https://t.co/cODCmiDplQ pic.twitter.com/E2Ieor3yum
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 13, 2018
October polls: Dems mostly doing better than we thought in Clinton-won areas & Rs better than we thought in Trump-won areas.
Could be Kavanaugh…but it could also be the same “base homecoming” we’ve seen in the final weeks of pretty much every election in the past decade.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) October 13, 2018
Organizers expect about 350,000 demonstrators in downtown Chicago https://t.co/tJH7kK8zJ4
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) October 13, 2018
I don't think there's a ton of evidence to support this yet, but I am starting to wonder whether we're going to be really struck by the extent that the electorate became more polarized along the lines of the 2016 presidential election during the Kavanaugh nomination fight
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) October 13, 2018
I don't know what the future is, but I look at the decline in our response rates since '16, particularly among young voters, and find it hard not to wonder whether telephone polling is at the edge of viability https://t.co/H6PGj7NikA
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) October 13, 2018
Healthcare was single handedly the issue people brought up most during my last week on the road. From CA, to NV, IN, MO and FL. It didn’t matter if the state was red, blue, or purple. Folks care about coverage. https://t.co/V28xplvw6O
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) October 12, 2018
Comparison between 2014 and 2018 NC mail absentee ballot requests, by party registration, based on the number of days out from Election Day.
Will be important to watch how this trend continues over time, but traditionally GOP leads in mail absentee ballots:#ncpol #ncvotes pic.twitter.com/sTAnNVXQY2
— Old North State Politics (@oldnorthstpol) October 13, 2018
So the Democratic chances in the Senate are as bad as ever, but in the Midwest they are dominating. It's not just about incumbents. Democrats may sweep the governor races as well. https://t.co/WKCoiOmUP0
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) October 13, 2018
Virginia Republican Party declares a Democratic House candidate “hates America.” This isn’t some outside group, this is the official party. https://t.co/9Z0XRbfmyq
— andrew kaczynski🧐 (@KFILE) October 13, 2018
Sad! 