State of the Nation

In the 2nd week of October the NBC/WSJ poll found that 65% of us think the country is on the wrong track, while 25% of Americans think the country is on the right track. Not since June 2013 have more...

President Obama

The public’s grade on President Obama's job approval (as found by Gallup 10/26) is 42% approval/52% disapproval. During the 23rd quarter of Obama’s Administration his job approval averaged 41.5%, the lowest quarterly average of his tenure other than the 11th...

The Races

Box Score 2014- 2000 Congressional Elections   Senate* House 2014         2012 D +2 D-55/R-45 D +8 D-201/R-234 2010 R +6 D-53/R-47  R +63 D-193/R-242 2008 D +8 D-59/R-41 D +21 D-257/R-178 2006 D +5 D-51/R-49...

The Races: U.S. Senate

All signs point to November 4th not being a good day for Senate Democrats. [Keep in mind that two States require 50% +1 to win, Louisiana and Georgia. Those races might not be decided until runoff elections in December and...

The Races: U.S. House

The general consensus is that the Republicans will pick up seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Cook currently suggests that the Republicans will gain between 4 and 10 seats. Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball suggests the GOP pickup will range...

The Races: Governors

The Governors Democrats 21 Republicans 29 The Watch has not generally covered gubernatorial races and will not do so in any detail, but here is the current state of play based on the Cook Political Report. There are 36 seats...