Category: News
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In North Carolina, Budd and Beasley in Statistical Dead Heat for U.S. Senate
In North Carolina’s race for U.S. Senate, Republican Congressman Ted Budd continues to lead former state Supreme Court Justice Cheri Beasley. New results from a poll by Emerson College and The Hill show Budd with 46 percent support of surveyed voters, compared to 43 percent for Beasley. Budd’s three-point lead matches the poll’s margin of…
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Maxwell Frost – Like AOC, but More Extreme, Less Qualified
Overcrowded primary elections often produce inexperienced candidates, and Maxwell Frost is no exception. Frost, the Democratic Party’s nominee in Florida’s 10th Congressional District, won the Primary Election with only plurality of his party’s support, finishing with only 34% of the vote. Frost, who is 25 years old and has no experience working in government, would…
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Stacey Abrams Still Trails Brian Kemp, Even in AJC Poll
With fewer than 50 days remaining until the 2022 Midterm Election, Georgia’s Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Stacy Abrams is trailing Governor Brian Kemp by a wide margin in two recent polls, including the Atlanta Journal Constitution, known as one of the most left-leaning publications in the Southeast. Georgia talk show host Ben Burnett says that voters…
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New Poll Shows Raphael Warnock Ahead of Herschel Walker
With the balance of power in the U.S. Senate possibly at stake, the heated race in between Sen. Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker has elevated Georgia’s open seat as one of the most watched in the country. Today, a new poll from Quinnipiac University showed Warnock leading Walker, 52 percent to 46 percent among 1,278…
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DeSantis Leads Crist in Fox Orlando Poll
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has a 5 percent lead over Crist in the latest poll conducted by Insider Advantage and WOFL Fox 35 Orlando, leading 50-45 over Charlie Crist, a former Republican who served only one term as Florida Governor after a failed Senate campaign for the 2010 midterm. Crist left the Republican Primary as…
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New Poll Results Show Budd with Slight Lead over Beasley in North Carolina Senate Race
Trafalgar Group published results from its latest poll on North Carolina’s Senate race between Ted Budd (R) and Cheri Beasley (D). Their survey of 1,079 North Carolina voters showed Budd with a 3 percent lead over Beasley, with Budd earning 47 percent of the vote to Beasley’s 44 percent. The poll’s margin of error was…
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Raphael Warnock Will Debate Herschel Walker, with Conditions
The US Senate campaign between Georgia’s Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker reached a new level of intensity today. According to a report from the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Warnock challenged Walker to a debate in Savannah with the agreement that neither candidate will receive topics in advance, and another debate will be scheduled for Macon or…
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Kelly Craft Enters Kentucky Gubernatorial Race
A former ambassador has entered Kentucky’s Gubernatorial race. Kelly Craft, who served as the United States’ Ambassador to Canada from 2017-2019, officially declared her candidacy in Kentucky’s Republican gubernatorial primary. Craft, who served under former President Donald Trump, will compete with multiple Republicans for the nomination. Ultimately, the party’s nominee will be tasked with unseating…
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Herschel Walker’s Latest Poll Numbers May Be a Mirage
Two recent polls showing a reversal of trends for Herschel Walker, the Republican nominee for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by incumbent Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock. (The other seat is occupied by Democratic Senhttps://newsouthpolitics.com/georgia-senator-jon-ossoff-career-bio-voting-record/ator Jon Ossoff, who isn’t up for re-election until 2026.) After Walker trailed Warnock in every RCP-Cited Poll throughout July, a…
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Opinion: Crist’s Primary Win is a Loss for Florida’s Left Wing Democrats
Florida Democrats hope the third time is the charm for former governor and perennial candidate Charlie Crist. Last night, Crist won a decisive victory against Sec. of Agriculture Nikki Fried, the only state cabinet elected Democrat. Even for those who don’t follow Florida politics closely, Crist’s name recognition strength vs. Fried’s made his win unsurprising…