Skepticism about getting a coronavirus vaccine has grown since earlier this summer, and most voters say if a vaccine were made available this year, their first thought would be that it was rushed through without enough testing. Just 21% of voters nationwide now say they would get a vaccine as soon as possible if one…
As COVID-19 cases rise across the country, Americans offer some of their most dire views on the pandemic to date: record numbers say efforts against the outbreak are going badly (including new highs saying efforts are going very badly); President Trump receives his lowest marks for handling the pandemic since it began; and the outlook…
Washington — Democrat Cait Conley defeated two-term Republican Rep. Mike Lawler, winning a highly competitive seat in New York’s Hudson Valley region, CBS News projected. Lawler’s loss is another setback for Republicans. CBS News has projected that Democrats will take control of the House in January with a wide majority. Lawler called Conley to concede Tuesday,…
It began with a phone call. A grassroots write-in campaign had been launched weeks before Tuesday’s midterm election in an effort to keep longtime Alabama Sheriff Jay Jones in office. Jones was ousted in May by about 300 votes in a bitterly fought Republican primary in Lee County by a former sheriff’s deputy, Cameron Hunt. …
Call it the “avoidance” election, with many on each side more motivated by trying to prevent or stop things than by what they’ll gain. Against a backdrop of continued concern about inflation and the economy, Democrats maintain their lead in a bid for a House majority. They’re currently on pace for 229 seats in our…
The Texas Senate race is tight — essentially tied — and now all about…turnout. Republican Ken Paxton benefits from the state’s overall Republican leanings, while Democrat James Talarico is boosted by voters’ economic concerns and higher perceptions of personal character to serve as senator. Talarico’s standing is helped by more Democrats saying they’ll definitely vote….
Little Rock, Ark. — A new video from Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was standard issue Republican messaging for promoting her state’s stricter rules for people on Medicaid. No more could able-bodied people lounge around while receiving taxpayer-funded healthcare, she said — they needed to work. But the decision to portray an unemployed moocher as…
Our CBS News House model estimate shows the Democrats retain their edge for a narrow majority of seats and their lead in national vote preference. The advantage is driven by opposition to the Trump administration’s policies and a Republican base that is less likely to turnout. So with that, here are 10 things to know…
Here’s something Republicans and Democrats seem to agree on: They both see the midterms as being about President Trump, albeit for different reasons. Mr. Trump is so much on voters’ minds that if this view holds at these levels through Election Day, it would surpass his own 2018 mark for a president being a factor…
Twenty-four years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, firefighter Bill Spade still remembers every detail of being the last firefighter to escape the collapsing North Tower of the World Trade Center. “I started getting buried and I said goodbye to my wife and I said goodbye to my two boys. And, almost 6-year-old at the…
