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| The politics minute: opposition to Kavanaugh increases among voters | The politics minute: opposition to Kavanaugh increases among voters |
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| Good evening, I’m Erin Durkin, and this is the Guardian’s new-look politics minute. In the run-up to the midterm elections, we’ll bring you the latest from Washington and beyond every Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening. If you’re not already receiving this rundown by email, sign up. | Good evening, I’m Erin Durkin, and this is the Guardian’s new-look politics minute. In the run-up to the midterm elections, we’ll bring you the latest from Washington and beyond every Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening. If you’re not already receiving this rundown by email, sign up. |
| Opposition to Kavanaugh increases | Opposition to Kavanaugh increases |
| Opposition among American voters to the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh has increased since his testimony before the Senate on sexual assault allegations. New Reuters/Ipsos polling data released on Wednesday found 41% of respondents opposed Kavanaugh and 33% supported him. The rest were mostly undecided. The share opposing him grew by four percentage points compared to the situation before the hearing. | Opposition among American voters to the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh has increased since his testimony before the Senate on sexual assault allegations. New Reuters/Ipsos polling data released on Wednesday found 41% of respondents opposed Kavanaugh and 33% supported him. The rest were mostly undecided. The share opposing him grew by four percentage points compared to the situation before the hearing. |
| Does that matter? The public doesn’t get a vote, but the handful of centrist Republicans and Democrats who will decide the nominee’s fate may be attuned to public opinion. In fact, their jobs may depend on it. | Does that matter? The public doesn’t get a vote, but the handful of centrist Republicans and Democrats who will decide the nominee’s fate may be attuned to public opinion. In fact, their jobs may depend on it. |
| Does that matter? The public doesn’t get a vote, but the handful of centrist Republicans and Democrats who will decide the nominee’s fate may be attuned to public opinion. In fact, their jobs may depend on it. | Does that matter? The public doesn’t get a vote, but the handful of centrist Republicans and Democrats who will decide the nominee’s fate may be attuned to public opinion. In fact, their jobs may depend on it. |
| Bloomberg gives millions to Senate Democrats | Bloomberg gives millions to Senate Democrats |
| Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg is giving $20m to Senate Majority Pac, the main Super Pac aiming to flip the Senate to Democratic control. That’s on top of the $80m that Bloomberg, a billionaire Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-independent, plans to spend to help Democrats win seats and take over control of the lower tier of Congress, the House of Representatives. | Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg is giving $20m to Senate Majority Pac, the main Super Pac aiming to flip the Senate to Democratic control. That’s on top of the $80m that Bloomberg, a billionaire Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-independent, plans to spend to help Democrats win seats and take over control of the lower tier of Congress, the House of Representatives. |
| Who does it help? For Senate Democrats it’s a huge infusion of cash in the run-up to the election – the group had $29m on hand by the end of August, according to the Washington Post. | Who does it help? For Senate Democrats it’s a huge infusion of cash in the run-up to the election – the group had $29m on hand by the end of August, according to the Washington Post. |
| Who does it help? For Senate Democrats it’s a huge infusion of cash in the run-up to the election – the group had $29m on hand by the end of August, according to the Washington Post. | Who does it help? For Senate Democrats it’s a huge infusion of cash in the run-up to the election – the group had $29m on hand by the end of August, according to the Washington Post. |
| Follow the money. For Bloomberg himself, as he ponders a run for the White House, such generosity bolsters his bona fides in the Democratic party. He needs it. The former three-term mayor is a champion of gun control and combating climate change but he has never been a loyalist to any one party and was accused of pandering to developers in Manhattan at the expense of low-income New Yorkers. | Follow the money. For Bloomberg himself, as he ponders a run for the White House, such generosity bolsters his bona fides in the Democratic party. He needs it. The former three-term mayor is a champion of gun control and combating climate change but he has never been a loyalist to any one party and was accused of pandering to developers in Manhattan at the expense of low-income New Yorkers. |
| Follow the money. For Bloomberg himself, as he ponders a run for the White House, such generosity bolsters his bona fides in the Democratic party. He needs it. The former three-term mayor is a champion of gun control and combating climate change but he has never been a loyalist to any one party and was accused of pandering to developers in Manhattan at the expense of low-income New Yorkers. | Follow the money. For Bloomberg himself, as he ponders a run for the White House, such generosity bolsters his bona fides in the Democratic party. He needs it. The former three-term mayor is a champion of gun control and combating climate change but he has never been a loyalist to any one party and was accused of pandering to developers in Manhattan at the expense of low-income New Yorkers. |
| O’Rourke apologizes for college newspaper theater review | O’Rourke apologizes for college newspaper theater review |
| Beto O’Rourke, now a candidate for the US Senate from Texas, was in 1991 a 19-year-old student at Columbia University in New York, where he penned a review for the Columbia Daily Spectator panning a Broadway musical featuring actresses “whose only qualifications”, he wrote, “seem to be their phenomenally large breasts and tight buttocks”. | Beto O’Rourke, now a candidate for the US Senate from Texas, was in 1991 a 19-year-old student at Columbia University in New York, where he penned a review for the Columbia Daily Spectator panning a Broadway musical featuring actresses “whose only qualifications”, he wrote, “seem to be their phenomenally large breasts and tight buttocks”. |
| Oops. O’Rourke has become a darling of the left, and this ugly incident damages that. His mea culpa to Politico read: “I am ashamed of what I wrote and I apologize. There is no excuse for making disrespectful and demeaning comments about women.” | Oops. O’Rourke has become a darling of the left, and this ugly incident damages that. His mea culpa to Politico read: “I am ashamed of what I wrote and I apologize. There is no excuse for making disrespectful and demeaning comments about women.” |
| Oops. O’Rourke has become a darling of the left, and this ugly incident damages that. His mea culpa to Politico read: “I am ashamed of what I wrote and I apologize. There is no excuse for making disrespectful and demeaning comments about women.” | Oops. O’Rourke has become a darling of the left, and this ugly incident damages that. His mea culpa to Politico read: “I am ashamed of what I wrote and I apologize. There is no excuse for making disrespectful and demeaning comments about women.” |
| Is this contest even competitive? Yes! O’Rourke is running against Ted Cruz, a well-known, ultra-conservative Republican incumbent, in a solidly Republican state. Yet it’s an unexpectedly close race. Polls show an average of a 4.5 point lead for Cruz, according to RealClearPolitics, which lists the race as a toss-up, and one poll found just a one point gap. | Is this contest even competitive? Yes! O’Rourke is running against Ted Cruz, a well-known, ultra-conservative Republican incumbent, in a solidly Republican state. Yet it’s an unexpectedly close race. Polls show an average of a 4.5 point lead for Cruz, according to RealClearPolitics, which lists the race as a toss-up, and one poll found just a one point gap. |
| Is this contest even competitive? Yes! O’Rourke is running against Ted Cruz, a well-known, ultra-conservative Republican incumbent, in a solidly Republican state. Yet it’s an unexpectedly close race. Polls show an average of a 4.5 point lead for Cruz, according to RealClearPolitics, which lists the race as a toss-up, and one poll found just a one point gap. | Is this contest even competitive? Yes! O’Rourke is running against Ted Cruz, a well-known, ultra-conservative Republican incumbent, in a solidly Republican state. Yet it’s an unexpectedly close race. Polls show an average of a 4.5 point lead for Cruz, according to RealClearPolitics, which lists the race as a toss-up, and one poll found just a one point gap. |
| Poll of the day | Poll of the day |
| Democratic candidates have a seven-point lead in a new generic ballot poll, with 49% of American voters saying they’ll back the Democratic candidate in their local House race, 42% supporting the Republican candidate. | Democratic candidates have a seven-point lead in a new generic ballot poll, with 49% of American voters saying they’ll back the Democratic candidate in their local House race, 42% supporting the Republican candidate. |
| Watch the national trend lines. Despite the lead, Democrats have lost ground in the Quinnipiac poll since last month, when they had a 14-point lead. “The numbers suggest the big blue wave may have lost some of its momentum as House races tighten,” said Tim Malloy, of the Quinnipiac University Poll. | Watch the national trend lines. Despite the lead, Democrats have lost ground in the Quinnipiac poll since last month, when they had a 14-point lead. “The numbers suggest the big blue wave may have lost some of its momentum as House races tighten,” said Tim Malloy, of the Quinnipiac University Poll. |
| Watch the national trend lines. Despite the lead, Democrats have lost ground in the Quinnipiac poll since last month, when they had a 14-point lead. “The numbers suggest the big blue wave may have lost some of its momentum as House races tighten,” said Tim Malloy, of the Quinnipiac University Poll. | Watch the national trend lines. Despite the lead, Democrats have lost ground in the Quinnipiac poll since last month, when they had a 14-point lead. “The numbers suggest the big blue wave may have lost some of its momentum as House races tighten,” said Tim Malloy, of the Quinnipiac University Poll. |
| But not too closely. Of course, actual voters will choose among the actual candidates on their local ballots, rather than generically choosing a party, which could produce markedly different results. | But not too closely. Of course, actual voters will choose among the actual candidates on their local ballots, rather than generically choosing a party, which could produce markedly different results. |
| But not too closely. Of course, actual voters will choose among the actual candidates on their local ballots, rather than generically choosing a party, which could produce markedly different results. | But not too closely. Of course, actual voters will choose among the actual candidates on their local ballots, rather than generically choosing a party, which could produce markedly different results. |
| Ad of the day | Ad of the day |
| California representative Duncan Hunter is out with a startling new ad tying his Democratic opponent to terrorism and implying that he’s part of an attempt by Muslims to “infiltrate” the government. | California representative Duncan Hunter is out with a startling new ad tying his Democratic opponent to terrorism and implying that he’s part of an attempt by Muslims to “infiltrate” the government. |
| Is any of this true? Not really. Critics call the spot racist and Islamophobic. The Democrat, Ammar Campa-Najjar, is a Christian, born and raised in San Diego, and has received security clearances to work in the White House. His grandfather did have terrorist connections: he was part of the group that planned an attack on Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972. But he died 16 years before Campa-Najjar was born, and the candidate has repeatedly denounced his actions. | Is any of this true? Not really. Critics call the spot racist and Islamophobic. The Democrat, Ammar Campa-Najjar, is a Christian, born and raised in San Diego, and has received security clearances to work in the White House. His grandfather did have terrorist connections: he was part of the group that planned an attack on Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972. But he died 16 years before Campa-Najjar was born, and the candidate has repeatedly denounced his actions. |
| Is any of this true? Not really. Critics call the spot racist and Islamophobic. The Democrat, Ammar Campa-Najjar, is a Christian, born and raised in San Diego, and has received security clearances to work in the White House. His grandfather did have terrorist connections: he was part of the group that planned an attack on Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972. But he died 16 years before Campa-Najjar was born, and the candidate has repeatedly denounced his actions. | Is any of this true? Not really. Critics call the spot racist and Islamophobic. The Democrat, Ammar Campa-Najjar, is a Christian, born and raised in San Diego, and has received security clearances to work in the White House. His grandfather did have terrorist connections: he was part of the group that planned an attack on Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972. But he died 16 years before Campa-Najjar was born, and the candidate has repeatedly denounced his actions. |
| Why is Hunter trying so hard? Hunter is up for re-election months after being indicted for misusing $250,000 in campaign money to pay for personal expenses, including dental work, fast food, golf outings and family vacations. That could help explain the scare tactics. Still, in a reliably conservative San Diego district, he has maintained a solid polling lead. | Why is Hunter trying so hard? Hunter is up for re-election months after being indicted for misusing $250,000 in campaign money to pay for personal expenses, including dental work, fast food, golf outings and family vacations. That could help explain the scare tactics. Still, in a reliably conservative San Diego district, he has maintained a solid polling lead. |
| Why is Hunter trying so hard? Hunter is up for re-election months after being indicted for misusing $250,000 in campaign money to pay for personal expenses, including dental work, fast food, golf outings and family vacations. That could help explain the scare tactics. Still, in a reliably conservative San Diego district, he has maintained a solid polling lead. | Why is Hunter trying so hard? Hunter is up for re-election months after being indicted for misusing $250,000 in campaign money to pay for personal expenses, including dental work, fast food, golf outings and family vacations. That could help explain the scare tactics. Still, in a reliably conservative San Diego district, he has maintained a solid polling lead. |
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