According to Pew Research, just 38 percent of Republicans believe that media criticism of politicians “keeps them from doing things they shouldn’t,” while 82 percent of Democrats think that. Democratic candidates have acted accordingly, responding to bad press by trying, and sometimes failing, to answer it. In the current media climate, that could mean anything from cable news to conservative Twitter to left-leaning media such as the Intercept or the Young Turks. By a 24-point margin, battleground district voters said they saw more positive ads about Democrats than about Republicans. Worth noting: There is a large faction of Democrats who are sick and tired of these sorts of concessions.

Source: Washington Post December 11, 2018 22:52 UTC