First Person is a series of quick videos from the Cook Political Report editors exclusively for our premium members. This week, Amy explains what we learned from the latest installment of our ...
The Battleground District Project is a collaboration between The Cook Political Report and two pollsters, New River Strategies and GS Strategy Group. The downloadable .xlsx file featuring the ...
New River Strategies and GS Strategy Group statewide Senate survey of likely 2026 voters in Iowa (n=602), Ohio (n=959) and Texas (n=934), conducted October 9-13, 2026, in partnership with The Cook ...
In Senate races, the quality of individual candidates can be magnified in ways that defy national trends, especially in midterm years. That’s the impetus behind three moves we are making today: two in ...
Whether at home in Maine, where we now live, or in hotel rooms around the country, watching the public debate, news coverage, and campaign advertising is somewhat like being in a hall of mirrors at an ...
Carrie, Jessica and Erin join the Roundtable this week. We are just two weeks out from Election Day and we have another round ...
Republicans’ troubles this cycle are particularly pronounced in Midwestern red states, where voters are frustrated by both ...
In 2024, a diverse coalition of voters — including independents and Latinos — backed Donald Trump, united by the belief that ...
In the final weeks of the election, Republicans have hoped that a massive ad campaign effort could dent Democratic candidates' images and shore up Republicans struggling to free themselves of the ...
With just under a month until Election Day, the political environment is as brutal for Republicans as any I’ve seen in at least 20 years. The structural advantages Republicans counted on to protect ...