Democratic nominee Ralph Northam won the 2017 election for Governor of Virginia by the unexpectedly large margin of nine percentage points, 54 to 45 percent. Unlike the Rustbelt states voting for President in 2016, few counties switched from Democrat to Republican since the last Virginia gubernatorial election in 2013. Instead the surprising margin was caused...
YG Network Survey Overview Our post-election survey of registered voters, conducted for the YG Network, shows strong support for messages outlined in Room to Grow to address current challenges faced by many Americans, including education, unemployment, and poverty in addition to health care and tax reform. Please click the images below for the memo, toplines, presentation, and crosstabs. ...
Our survey with GQRR for NPR was featured on today’s broadcast of Morning Edition, and highlights the tough road ahead for Democrats in swing Senate seats. To read the article, please click here.
Our survey on electoral reforms, conducted with our colleagues at The Mellman Group for the Bipartisan Policy Center and USA TODAY, was featured in Susan Page’s story on October 15: WASHINGTON — The capital’s shutdowns and showdowns have tested the patience even of the Senate chaplain. “Save us from the madness,” he prayed at the...
Dan Judy joined Ron Brownstein, Kristen Roberts, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Guy Molyneux, and Jared Bernstein to discuss National Journal’s Congressional Connection poll, the government shutdown, and the debt ceiling. Congressional Connection Poll Event from National Journal on FORA.tv Please click here for the video.
Our survey on public and community service, conducted with our colleagues at The Mellman Group for the Bipartisan Policy Center and USA TODAY, was featured in Susan Page’s story on July 22: WASHINGTON — The American impulse to make a contribution to the community is strong, but the feeling that politics can be an avenue...
It happens time and time again: a business executive announces a campaign for governor or senator or president. They raise more money and spend more money than any of their competitors. And then they lose. What’s going on? Running a successful political campaign looks so easy to those who have never done it. Having worked...
