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The Senate made Christopher Waller the first Federal Reserve Board nominee to be confirmed during a lame duck session, in a tight 48-47 vote Thursday. Republican Sen.
This year, she won reelection by a narrow 51 percent to 47 percent margin in a race that wasn’t considered a key battleground for much of the cycle.
Among the remaining 3 out of 4 voters who said a candidate’s policy positions on issues were more important, Trump won 53 percent to 47 percent, which explains, in part, why Biden was unable to translate
Richmond took nearly 64 percent of the vote on Nov. 3, and in winning six terms since 2010, his average victory margin has been more than 47 points.
McSally was trailing retired astronaut and Navy veteran Mark Kelly, 47 percent to 53 percent, when The Associated Press called the race at 2:51 a.m. Wednesday.
Almost 1 in 5 voters had an unfavorable view of both candidates, and they eventually broke for Trump 47 percent to 30 percent.
Independents opposed it 17 percent to 47 percent.
Perhaps Trump’s most effective moment last night was when he told Biden, “I’ve done more in 47 months … than you’ve done in 47 years.”
Challenges ahead A poll conducted for Webb’s campaign at the beginning of August showed Trump leading Joe Biden 47 percent to 45 percent, within the margin of error of 4.4 percentage points.
According to a Pew Research survey conducted in June, the percentage of voters who view deficits as a “very big problem” dropped to 47 percent from 55 percent in 2018.
But as the messaging vote arrived Thursday, Republicans couldn’t talk to reporters about Democrats blocking their bill — which fell short on a 52-47 procedural vote with only one GOP senator in opposition
The poll also showed Trump leading Democratic nominee Joe Biden by just 1 point, 48 percent to 47 percent. In 2016, Trump beat Hillary Clinton 53 percent to 40 percent in the district.
By March 12, over 1,600 Americans in 47 states were known to be infected, according to the White House proclamation.
His campaign recently released a poll, conducted July 30 to Aug. 9 by Garin-Hart-Yang, that showed Hyde-Smith leading 47 percent to 42 percent.
GOP targets In the Miami-area 26th District, Gimenez was leading firefighter Omar Blanco 60 percent to 40 percent when The Associated Press called the race at 8:47 p.m. Eastern time.
That’s when Republican radio talk show host Jason Lewis — who is now running for Senate — kept the open 2nd District seat in GOP hands by defeating Craig 47 percent to 45 percent, while liberal third-party
The outcome was hardly in doubt, since the Senate had agreed to advance Vought on a procedural vote of 47-44 just before the Independence Day recess.
Biden led Trump 47-42 percent in early May in the national average compared with 49-40 percent in mid-July. Of course we don’t have national elections in this country.
Republicans currently control the Senate 53-47, with two independents caucusing with the Democrats.
The party even gained two Senate seats, increasing its majority from 53-47 to 55-45.