The fact that the economy is the top issue for voters this election comes as no surprise. The rise in consumer prices and the Federal Reserve’s efforts to fight inflation spare no American. While hot button issues usually divide the political aisle, 79% of respondents in a Pew Research survey list the economy as being…

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday hiked its benchmark interest rate by 75 basis point for the fourth straight meeting, sending the target rate to a range of 3.75%-4%, its highest since the beginning of 2008. The aggressive rate hike was expected in the Fed’s battle to bring down inflation, which in 2022 is at its…

After news of nine mass shootings over the Halloween weekend and the brutal attack on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, a new Gallup poll says crime is gaining ground as one of the key issues important to Americans at the polls. The economy still ranks as the number one issue for voters, with 85% saying it’s very…

One week out from election day, polling indicates three key Governors races are tightening. Republicans have gained momentum in Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin, races that range from toss-up to lean-Democrat.  Arizona Former TV news anchor Kari Lake, R, trailed as recently as September to Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, D. But according to an average…

The Democrats had a brief bounce in the polls over the summer after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade back in June. Now those gains are fading as the economy becomes the number one issue for voters. Republicans are widely expected to win the House, but as Straight Arrow News contributor David Pakman explains,…

The all-important midterm elections are just over a week away, and legal challenges are already being filed in an attempt to cast doubt over the results. Republicans are favored by most pollsters to retake control of the House, as voters appear most concerned with record-high inflation and economic uncertainty. Straight Arrow News contributor Star Parker says…

New polling revealed the economy has become more important to voters in the run-up to the midterm elections and Republicans are the party of choice to fix it. In a USA Today/Suffolk University generic party-preference poll, voters preferred Republicans 49%-45%.  That is a change from polling 100 days before the election in July when Democrats…

With the balance of the Senate at stake, no state has been more indicative of the divide between Republicans and Democrats than Nevada. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) is in the heated race for her seat with the state’s former Attorney General Adam Laxalt (R). Polling has been tight. A recent Univision poll showed Cortez Masto…

After starting the year with two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth, the U.S. economy has turned it around in the third quarter. Real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 2.6%, according to the advanced estimate by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The positive growth follows the second quarter’s 0.6% contraction and…

According to U.S. Border Patrol data, nearly 2.4 million migrants were arrested at the southwestern border this year, the highest number ever recorded. Republicans have been increasing criticism of President Joe Biden’s immigration policies ahead of the coming midterm elections. Former President Donald Trump recently told a crowd in Robstown, Texas that immigrants are “invading…