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'She just ended her career': Taylor Swift's first foray into politics sparks praise and fury

Endorsements of Democrats draw support but also criticism from white supremacists, rightwing fans and mainstream Republicans

When pop megastar Taylor Swift publicly revealed her political leanings on Sunday night, praising two Democratic congressional candidates in her home state of Tennessee, she was breaking with a years-long policy of keeping her politics to herself.

Her endorsements drew much praise, but also a fierce backlash: some white supremacists who have formed an odd cult following around the singer cried betrayal, while some more mainstream fans said she should have stuck to her music.

Criticism is nothing new for Swift, whose prior political silence has drawn just as much vitriol as her decision now to speak out.

In an Instagram post on Sunday night, Swift threw her support behind Phil Bredesen, the Democratic candidate for Senate, and Jim Cooper for the House of Representatives.

She wrote: “In the past I’ve been reluctant to publicly voice my political opinions. I feel very differently about that now. I always have and always will cast my vote based on which candidate will protect and fight for the human rights I believe we all deserve in this country. I believe in the fight for LGBTQ rights, and that any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender is WRONG.

“I believe that the systemic racism we still see in this country towards people of color is terrifying, sickening and prevalent.”

Swift, 28, has previously maintained her girl-next-door image while staying scrupulously neutral in the political fights of the day, a decision that had frustrated many liberals.

Swift had said that as a young woman whose expertise was in music, she didn’t feel right influencing her fans’ politics. “I don’t talk about politics because it might influence other people. And I don’t think that I know enough yet in life to be telling people who to vote for,” she told Time magazine six years ago.

Yep. Thought so.

Kavanaugh effect? Marsha Blackburn now leads Democrat by eight points in Tennessee

wide gender, racial and partisan gaps

Independent voters, who supported Kavanaugh 45 - 39 percent September 10, oppose his confirmation 49 - 39 percent today.

Women oppose confirmation 55 - 37 percent, while men support it 49 - 40 percent.

White voters say 51 - 40 percent confirm Kavanaugh. Opposed are black voters 81 - 11 percent and Hispanic voters 65 - 30 percent.

"There is a very sharp divide between men and women on credibility," Malloy added.

"What voters agree on is letting the FBI try to sort out the events in the pursuit of the truth."

American voters are divided on whether Kavanaugh is honest, as 46 percent say yes and 43 percent say no.

Voters say 59 - 25 percent that Blasey Ford is honest.

Senate Democrats, Senate Republicans and President Donald Trump all get bad grades for handling the accusations of sexual misconduct against Kavanaugh:
Voters disapprove 52 - 38 percent of how Democrats are handling the accusations;
Voters disapprove 56 - 33 percent of how Republicans are doing with the accusations;
Voters disapprove by a narrow 49 - 42 percent of how Trump is handling the matter.

a new survey has provided us with a 2018 poll composed exclusively of voters in the 69 battleground House districts – and Nancy Pelosi will like the results.

The Washington Post, in partnership with the Schar School, polled the 69 districts that were rated as “toss-ups,” “lean Republican” or “lean Democrat” by the Cook Political Report this past August – and found that voters in such areas prefer a Democratic Congress by a margin of 50 to 46 percent. By contrast, in 2016, these same districts collectively favored Republican candidates by a margin of 56 to 41 percent.

The Democrats four-point lead in these battlegrounds might look perilously thin on first blush. But of the 69 districts polled, 63 are currently held by Republican incumbents; and to take the House, Democrats need to flip just 23. Which is to say: Pelosi’s party can afford to lose far more than half of these contests, and still get her the speaker’s gavel. If Democrats win the popular vote across these battlegrounds by any margin at all, they’re will almost-certainly win control of Congress’s lower chamber.

Should that happen, Democrats will owe college-educated women some thank-you cards. Demographically, the House battlegrounds are 7 percent more white than America as a whole; in previous elections, this dearth of African-American and Hispanic voters has rendered Democrats uncompetitive in most of these districts. But the battlegrounds are also 4 percent more college-educated than the country writ large – and in the Trump era, few things are more threatening to Republicans than a woman with a higher education: White, college-educated women in the battleground districts favor Democrats over Republicans by a whopping 62 to 35 percent margin, while white women without such diplomas back Republicans 49 to 45 percent.

Meanwhile, the Post poll further confirms that favorable economic conditions are unlikely to bail out the GOP next month: Although 77 percent of battleground voters say the economy is “excellent” or “good,” 57 percent nevertheless think the country is moving in the wrong direction, economy aside.

The Post poll’s findings comport with the results from recent district-level polling, and the Cook Political Report’s latest House race ratings – all of which suggest a Democratic takeover is highly likely.

And yet, as of Monday, Republicans still have a better chance of keeping the House, than Democrats do of capturing the Senate. According to FiveThirtyEight’s forecasts, Team Blue now has a mere 2 in 9 (21.4 percent) chance of taking the upper chamber, while Republicans boast an approximately 1 in 4 chance of retaining the House. This year’s Senate map is even more unfavorable for Democrats than the House one. For much of the past year, it looked like a blue wave just might lift Democratic candidates to victory in some of America’s reddest states. But in the most recent batch of surveys, Republican voters have begun to come home: Democratic incumbent Heidi Heitkamp now trails Kevin Cramer by double digits in North Dakota’s Senate race, while Republican congresswoman Marsha Blackburn has pulled ahead of former Democratic governor Phil Bredesen in Tennessee. Meanwhile, Rick Scott is still breathing down Bill Nelson’s neck in the Sunshine State, and Ted Cruz’s small lead over Beto O’Rourke is looking sturdy.

It is still possible that pollsters are systematically underestimating Democratic turnout, and thus, that voters will deliver the Senate to Chuck Schumer in November. But for the moment, that prospect appears a bit less likely than Republicans finding a way to maintain unified control of the federal government, even after a large majority of voters register their opposition to GOP rule.

In His First Day On The Job, Kavanaugh Hired As Many Black Law Clerks As RBG Has In Her Entire Tenure

Since joining the high court in 1993, Ginsburg has hired over 100 law clerks, just one of whom is black.

White, college-educated women