Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: 8/1
Polling and Political Wrap, 10/25/10
It is inevitable, in the closing days of the electoral cycle, to see polling go from sporadic, to steady, to overwhelming.
It looks like we just passed that final signpost. Welcome to poll-a-geddon. A new record (and on a Monday, no less!) of 60 polls await us to kick off the penultimate Monday of...
It feels good to be on the attack
It feels better when we go on the attack. Its gets results, too.
That why we just endorsed two Democrats, Suzan DelBene and Colleen Hanabusa, who can defeat vulnerable Republican incumbents. Polling shows Hanabusa tied, and DelBene down only 3%. If we start picking off Republican incumbents, so...
HI-01: Orange to Blue: Colleen Hanabusa
If Democrats are going to keep control of the House this fall, we're going to need to play offense. We're going to need to win some seats currently held by Republicans. We're going to have to target districts that should by all rights be blue, which should be represented by populists committed to a just...
Polling and Political Wrap, 10/13/10
With The Hill, CNN, and the House of Ras all making considerable contributions, today's edition of the Wrap is more data-heavy than the average. The final poll count sits at 49 polls including a faintly absurd triad of polls in Delaware's Senate race (hint to America's media outlets--it ain't close, and it ain't gonna be...
Polling and Political Wrap, 10/11/10
Call tonight's edition of the Wrap the "Democratic Response" edition. After the close of last week was punctuated with pretty gaudy numbers for the GOP courtesy of some red-tinted partisan pollsters, the blue team came firing back to open the week. The DCCC polling dump was a prodigious one (seven races!), and acted as quite...
HI-01: Democratic challenger Hanabusa leads incumbent Djou
Public Policy Polling for Daily Kos. 10/2-3. Likely voters. MoE 3.9%
Colleen Hanabusa (D) 48
Charles Djou (R) 47
Undecided (R) 5
Despite receiving just 40 percent of the vote, Republican incumbent Charles Djou won a special election in HI-01 earlier this when Democrats divided their...
Primary Day Preview: DE, HI, MD, MA, NH, NY, RI, WI
Forty-two states have already done it, and by this time next week, the entirety of the nation will have completed the process of primary elections. And, in the grand tradition of saving the best for last, there is no shortage of high-octane contests with which we will close out the primary season this week.
...HI-01: Case reverses course, heads for the exits
While Sunday on a holiday weekend meandered along, out of nowhere came a political game changer from the Islands:
"In this contest of values there's room for only one standard bearer for our party," said Ed Case. "So today I withdraw my candidacy in favor of Colleen (Hanabusa)."
With that, Ed...
Polling and political wrap, 5/25/10
Yes, despite the presence of the pivotal Idaho legislative and federal primaries, there is a Tuesday evening edition of the Wrap. You will be relieved to hear that we are not being bumped for vote-by-vote coverage of the festivities.
Although, in fairness to the Gem State, they do have one primary tonight to keep...
Polling and political wrap-up, 5/24/10
After a quiet weekend edition of the Wrap, the Monday edition explodes with stories a-plenty about candidates getting into races, out of races, and mounds of data to mine, as well.
The Ras-a-Poll-ooza sets down in North Dakota, and looks at a Senate race that is on absolutely no one's radar. How very Ras-sy...
HI-01: DCCC’s blown call
The House GOP snapped their special election losing streak by winning the heavily Democratic Honolulu-area district.
With 39.4 percent of the vote.
Needless to say, the GOP is renting this district for a few months. The Dems will take it back in November, with the added bonus of counting as a pickup offsetting...
