Tag: Nate Silver 2018 midterms
Oprah Winfrey to stump in closely watched governor’s race
Winfrey will join Will Ferrell and others campaigning in Georgia for Stacey Abrams, who hopes to become the nation’s first female African-American governor. FiveThirtyEight Senate…
Brian Kemp, Stacey Abrams make final push in tight Georgia governor’s race
Kemp, Georgia’s secretary of state, faces off with Abrams, a Democrat who would be the country’s first black female governor, amid outcry over voter suppression…
Trump and Obama make final push before midterm elections
The president and his predecessor tried to sway voters in key states. FiveThirtyEight Senate Forecast: https://53eig.ht/2S7EbPf FiveThirtyEight House Forecast: https://53eig.ht/2KZ9wyU source
Trump rallies in red states, where his approval ratings are high
President Trump is pushing the need for border security while Democrats focus on healthcare. FiveThirtyEight Senate Forecast: https://53eig.ht/2S7EbPf FiveThirtyEight House Forecast: https://53eig.ht/2KZ9wyU source
ABC/WaPo poll: Dems hold 8-point lead over GOP nationwide in House races
George Stephanopoulos breaks down the final ABC News/Washington Post pre-election poll with ABC News’ Tom Llamas and Rick Klein and gets the latest FiveThirtyEight forecast…
Matt Dowd: If O’Rourke wins Texas, ‘he becomes the biggest rock star in the country’
George Stephanopoulos and ABC News’ political team of correspondents, analysts and contributors debate what will happen Election Night and how those results will shape Congress’s…
What’s at stake in the 2018 midterm elections
ABC News’ chief national correspondent Tom Llamas reports on what to watch on election night and which results could tip the political scales. FiveThirtyEight Senate…
Georgia gubernatorial race roiled by claims of hacking, voter suppression, racism
Secretary of State Brian Kemp, a Republican, was joined at a rally by Trump after his campaign’s explosive, unsubstantiated charge that Democrats tried to hack…
Heidi Heitkamp says she has ‘no regrets’ voting against Kavanaugh
Meanwhile, in states won by President Trump, other Senate Democrats walk a fine line to hold onto their jobs. FiveThirtyEight Senate Forecast: https://53eig.ht/2S7EbPf FiveThirtyEight House…
Marsha Blackburn expected to win Tennessee Senate seat
Blackburn is on track to defeat former Gov. Phil Bredesen. source
Ron DeSantis to become Florida governor after Andrew Gillum concedes
Racial tensions flared in the Florida gubernatorial race, with both President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama stumping for their party’s pick. source
Trump campaign ad pulled from airwaves
The final hours of the midterm elections, the most expensive in history, saw an all-out push for ads. FiveThirtyEight Senate Forecast: https://53eig.ht/2S7EbPf FiveThirtyEight House Forecast:…
On the ground at the polls: Pennsylvania, Texas, Georgia
Eva Pilgrim looks at House seats up for grabs in Pennsylvania, Paula Faris reports on the voter enthusiasm in Texas while Steve Osunsami talks secure…
New concerns about election security as voters head to the polls
FBI and Homeland security officials recently warned that domestic extremist and homegrown Islamic radicals might see the time around the election as a moment to…
