Backlash: Kavanaugh vote not helping key Republicans
by Paul Bedard
| October 18, 2018 08:11 AM
The bitter confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, initially believed to be a benefit to Republican Senate candidates, appears now to be a mixed blessing that is helping some Democrats, according to three state polls released Thursday.
The Vox Populi Polling findings in Nevada, Indiana and West Virginia Senate races show the conflicting impact of the Kavanaugh vote which President Trump and top GOP leaders have heralded in their effort to expand Republican control of the Senate.
In the polls, provided to Secrets, it is the Democratic candidates in Indiana and Nevada who are benefiting and in West Virginia, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin’s decision to cross party lines to back Kavanaugh does not appear to be helping him.
In Indiana, said Vox Populi Polling, the numbers suggest that Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly’s rejection of Kavanaugh has energized Democratic voters and not helped Republican Mike Braun.
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