Carroll Doherty

Public opinion, political data. Visiting senior fellow, German Marshall Fund
Former director of political research at Pew Research

[Kirk A. Bado @kirk_bado]

New from me: the share of veterans in Congress is set to hit near record lows next year.

Members with service background used to be universal, now, it's less than 17%

[Bill Scher @billscher]

Big news for book lovers!

[Carroll Doherty @CarrollDoherty]

@RonBrownstein @EricaRHill Was it Twain who said there’s no education in the second kick of a mule?

[Carroll Doherty @CarrollDoherty]

@cjscalia Drop the ‘the.’ Just ‘Facebook.’ It’s cleaner.

[Craig Gilbert @WisVoter]

Trump Era midterms have been brutal for WI GOP, going from winning 2014 guv race by 6 to losing '18 by 1, '22 by 3, and '26 guv by 8, despite gains in many small counties. But big counties (blue, purple AND red) have been a disaster for GOP. My dive into the stark midterm math:

[Aaron Blake @AaronBlake]

The encyclopedia folks stealing my bit.

[Matt Glassman @MattGlassman312]

Excellent data-driven piece on Jordan and ideologically-extreme leaders by @WakeUp2Politics.

https://t.co/4BuqDvuqXd

[Carroll Doherty @CarrollDoherty]

@TheFP Partly because they're older and less able to help. @WSJ recently reported that in 1960, the median age for becoming a grandmother was 44; today it's 57.
https://t.co/47RlYqTodc

[Carroll Doherty @CarrollDoherty]

@PatrickRuffini crap, didn't hit that - thanks

[Adam Carlson @admcrlsn]

No one does a tracking spreadsheet quite like Aaron.

Instant bookmark ⬇️

[Carroll Doherty @CarrollDoherty]

From @MilitaryTimes last week:
"Even if all veterans win their seats in the nail-biters, the percentage of veterans serving in Congress is likely to be at its lowest point since at least the 1970s — at around 15%, down from 19% this year and significantly lower than the 27% in 2001."
https://t.co/KJ6RoFydhi

[Jonathan Robinson @jon_m_rob]

Always read @EricLevitz

[Carroll Doherty @CarrollDoherty]

Really good summary. Even on the main selling points for data centers - impact on local jobs and tax revenue - they've lost ground since the start of the year.

[John Gramlich @johngramlich]

NEW: Data centers were a key midterm issue with voters in more than three dozen jurisdictions choosing to ban or limit them. Here's a summary of key @pewresearch findings about data centers, including how Americans' views of them have evolved. https://t.co/6UL4LeWMyk

[Carroll Doherty @CarrollDoherty]

@j_wolak_ Mitch McConnell once argued that Americans spend more on potato chips than elections

[Erin Doherty @erinpdoherty]

New: RNC members call for a delay in congressional leadership elections after midterm losses

Now is not the time, they argue, to "accept the status quo" — it's time to "do some serious soul-searching," 31 RNC members wrote to House/Senate members.
https://t.co/HGcbHBjv4n

[Jonathan Martin @jmart]

Also a reminder of how much Dobbs + flawed R candidates helped Dems avoid much worser losses in ‘22, man alive that spike

[Carroll Doherty @CarrollDoherty]

As recently as the Obama era, a majority of Democrats favored the death penalty (54% in 2010). Now it's barely half that level, as overall public support has sagged to 49%, via @Gallup (survey conducted shortly after botched Tenn. execution).
https://t.co/nFWJUTPrUG

[Josh Kraushaar @JoshKraushaar]

UPDATE @jewishinsider: “Finn was visiting the synagogue as “part of a scheduled visit by a religious studies class from Liberty University, a group that has visited previously as part of our interfaith dialogue,” Washington Hebrew Congregation said in a statement on Monday. 

The MPD said in a report on Monday that he had brought the weapon “due to safety concerns for himself and occupants based on recent news reports.” The police report also stated that Finn admitted that the firearm was unregistered.”

https://t.co/rkgIsEne5o

[Brian Schaffner @b_schaffner]

striking visualization