There are 36 governorships at stake this November 8. In my most recent article in National Review magazine, I looked at the issue environment in those races, which feature 15 Republican incumbents, 13 Democratic incumbents, five open Republican-held governorships, and three open Democrat-held governorships. Yesterday, I looked at the polling in the 35 Senate races on the ballot this fall. Today, using the same methodology, I survey how things are going in the governors’ races.
A visible trend in these races underlines the national environment: There are seven races with no public polling at all, six of which are expected to hold Republican governorships in red states (five feature Republican incumbents):
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