Outside the Beltway

To a large degree, the Democratic Party’s supposed advantage among women voters appears to not exist this year.

The Supreme Court’s expansion of same-sex marriage seems to be sitting well with the American public.

It’s way too early, folks.

Individual polls are likely to be volatile, so don’t pay too much attention to them.

Is former Senator Larry Pressler surging in his Independent bid to win back his old Senate seat?

Could Alison Lundergran Grimes be surging? Maybe, but we’ll need more evidence to be sure.

The American public’s support for the President’s war against ISIS has its limits.

A majority of Americans don’t care very much who controls Congress.

The GOP has bounced back significantly from the lows it experienced after last year’s government shutdown.

President Obama hits new job approval lows, while the GOP seems poised for success in November,

One analyst thinks that the predictions of a Republican Senate in 2014 are wildly optimistic.

Two prominent Republican groups point out the blindingly obvious.

So far at least, there is no evidence that 2014 will be a “wave election.”

What you think about the events in Ferguson depends quite a lot on whether you’re black or white.

In what would be a classic bit of political irony, polling indicates that the House lawsuit against the President could make Democrats more likely to vote in November.

Americans have become deeply cynical about government. To some extent that is a good thing, but it’s reaching unhealthy levels.

Once again, we are reminded that the fact that people feel strongly about an issue does not mean it’s one that will cause them to get out and vote.

Republicans are dismissing talk of impeachment as a Democratic fundraising ploy, but it may be they are protesting just a bit too much.

The American people don’t want to turn those migrant children from Central America away after all.

The Hobby Lobby decision could end up motivating women voters to turn out to vote against Republicans in the fall.

A new poll shows that Americans are divided over Israel’s actions in Gaza, but this most likely will not impact relations between the two countries.

Once again the GOP finds itself on the wrong side of public opinion.

A somewhat surprising win in Georgia.

Crisis seems to be brewing all over the world, but the American people aren’t persuaded that it’s necessary for the United States to act.

Recent polls notwithstanding, Republicans and Democrats remain largely in lockstep when it comes to U.S. policy toward Israel.

Vladimir Putin has become immensely popular in Russia again, and its not hard to figure out why.

A lot of Republicans dislike the President enough to think that he should be removed from office, but will that make impeachment more likely to happen?

A new poll shows that Americans don’t buy into the idea of “American exceptionalism” as much as they used to. That’s a positive development rather than a negative one.

Americans disapprove of how the President is handling Iraq, but they don’t like what his critics are proposing either.

Coming across as uncaring doesn’t help advance your political arguments.

Obama is the worst President since FDR died? Only if you believe a mostly worthless poll.

Public faith in government institutions is at all all time low.

If current trends holds, Democratic candidates are going to have a problem turning out voters in November.

A new poll suggests that Republicans could be losing a constituency that is very key for them in the nation’s third most populous state.

The people with the biggest voices in the GOP seem to be leading it to positions that most Americans disagree with.

The evidence is clear. When it comes to the ability to handle foreign crises, the President has lost the public’s confidence.

New Hampshire Republicans still like Mitt Romney.