November 6, 2018
The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, reacting to the news that the House of Representatives has flipped to Democratic control: There’s a new sheriff in town. The American people have spoken and they voted overwhelmingly in favor of a check on a president who has operated with impunity… Continue »
November 6, 2018
The following is a statement by Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice. Kris Kobach, one of the leading anti-immigrant voices in American politics, lost in a stunning upset today in the race for Kansas Governor. He has a long history of vilifying immigrants and pushing repressive policies. He has inflicted pain on millions. It… Continue »
November 6, 2018
The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, reacting to the loss of Lou Barletta in the Pennsylvania Senate race: Just because the Pennsylvania Senate race wasn’t close shouldn’t diminish its significance. Lou Barletta is about as Trumpy a candidate as there is. As mayor of Hazleton, he became a… Continue »
Corey Stewart and Barbara Comstock Follow the Trump/Gillespie Playbook and Lose Big The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, reacting to initial results in Virginia: Corey Stewart and Barbara Comstock followed President Trump’s playbook. They stoked fear about immigrants. Both lost big. Last year, Ed Gillespie tried the same… Continue »
November 6, 2018
See our full liveblog here. Below are Republicans who ran anti-immigrant ads and were featured on our Divide and Distract website, who lost their general election races this year. The race-baiting, anti-immigrant, caravan strategy is looking like a huge fail in the House. CLF & NRCC ran nasty ads against Davids, Kirkpatrick, Delgado, Brindisi, Spanberger,… Continue »
See results here; link will be updated throughout the night as polls close In 2018, allied organizations across the progressive movement are launching the American Election Eve Poll examining how African American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Latino, Native American and White voters engaged in the 2018 midterm elections. The American Election Eve Poll: Examined how African… Continue »
*** * Today, we’re publishing a very special election-eve episode of our podcast with Ed Espinoza, the Executive Director of Progress Texas, who spoke about new American voters in Texas, record early voting turnout, and the Senate campaign of Beto O’Rourke. (Interview begins at 4:45.) Early voting records have been set in states across the… Continue »
TOMORROW is Election Day, and all signs point to a historic midterm election where tens of millions of early votes have already been cast and turnout in some places is rivaling that of 2016 election. In the last weekend before the election, we saw tens of thousands of volunteers nationwide turn out to canvass for… Continue »
November 5, 2018
Here’s What We’re Watching and Reading as We Head into Election Day
“Is there any empirical data that Trump’s nativist, race baiting close to the campaign is actually a strategically smart move?” President Trump and the GOP’s closing electoral argument — that the strongest nation on earth should cower in fear of immigrants — is both desperate and racist. The press can’t get enough of it, and… Continue »
November 5, 2018
Welcome to our 2018 election liveblog! Tune in starting Monday, November 5 as we post updates on voter turnout, election records, predictions, forecasts, results, and more. Latino Decisions polling | Arizona results | California results | Florida results | Georgia results | Nevada results | Texas results * A few key takeaways from the poll: Across demographics —… Continue »
