by Jim Heath | Nov 6, 2018 | 2018, Battlegrounds, Election Night, Headlines
President Trump and Republicans may have lost the House, but they are beaming about keeping two of the top political jobs in the country, as Rick Scott defeated Bill Nelson for the senate and Ron DeSantis defeated Andrew Gillum for governor. Republicans have now won...
by Jim Heath | Nov 6, 2018 | 2018, Battlegrounds, Headlines
The first polls close at 6 p.m., Eastern time, and the last closes seven hours later in Alaska. Key states to watch as the vote counting begins. All times are Eastern. JIM HEATH”S COMPLETE GUIDE TO CONGRESSIONAL RACES HERE. JIM HEATH’S COMPLETE GUIDE TO...
by Jim Heath | Nov 5, 2018 | 2018, Analysis, Battlegrounds, Democrats, Electoral Map, Headlines, Republicans
The control of Congress is obviously important, but you can make a case that the party that controls the battleground states during the 2020 presidential election, and redistricting in 2021, could be even more important. Beyond the usual issues, there’s one other big...
by Jim Heath | Nov 4, 2018 | 2018, Analysis, Battlegrounds, Congress, Democrats, Headlines, Polls, Republicans
After all the major polls got it wrong in 2016, about every political analyst in America is being extremely cautious this year in making final predictions about what will happen Tuesday night. And that includes me. Being interviewed by Mike Sauceda on Skyview...
by Jim Heath | Nov 4, 2018 | 2018, Analysis, Battlegrounds, Congress, Electoral Map, Headlines
FiveThirtyEight’s election forecaster Nate Silver played both sides of the fence in predicting whether Democrats would win a majority in the House on Tuesday. “In the House we have Democrats with about a 4 in 5 chance of winning,” Silver told ABC...
by Jim Heath | Nov 4, 2018 | 2018, Battlegrounds, Headlines, Republicans, Trump
Conservative talk show legends Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity will join President Trump at a rally in Missouri on the eve of this week’s midterm elections. The two right-wing media personalities will join Trump for a rally Monday night in Cape Girardeau, Mo. The...
