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Three weeks away from the 2022 midterms, and recent polling shows Democrats losing their hold on voters to Republican candidates. Political experts say Biden is hoping the backlash on the abortion issue will help Democrats avoid the red wave that generally makes a splash during a Democratic president’s first midterm, and as a counter, Republican candidates are keeping the focus on inflation. Regardless of the focus of each party, polling shows that the economy remains a top issue among voters ahead of the midterms. 

ROKK co-founding partner Rodell Mollineau sat down with NewsNation and discussed how Democrats are focusing on all issues and shouldn’t be counted out yet. Read the article here.

Riding high off the passage of major domestic policy achievements, President Biden just celebrated the passage of major climate and health care legislation. Then, hurricanes Fiona and Ian charged in, ravaging Puerto Rico and southwestern Florida. The government’s sudden pivot toward hurricane response changed the President’s schedule and his tone heading into the final sprint before the midterm elections. ROKK co-founding partner Ron Bonjean shared his take on how the recovery effort will shape Biden’s relationship with Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida, who is widely seen as a leading GOP contender to run in 2024. Read the article here.

There are different reasons companies fumble responses, be it a social or political issue or a PR crisis. The obvious reasons include moving too quickly, without thinking much about the external or internal implications of what you’re saying or doing and what it could mean for your business. ROKK Managing Director Lindsay Singleton sat down with PR News and discussed ROKK’s Social Threat Analysis and Response (STAR) system and how this tool can help remove emotion and guesswork when responding to external social issues. Learn more here.

Midterm races are heating up as November 8 quickly approaches. ROKK Partner and Democratic strategist Kristen Hawn and America Rising PAC executive director Cassie Smedile discuss voters’ most important issues ahead of 2022 midterms with Fox News. Watch the discussion here.

One hundred days after the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade and ended the constitutional right to an abortion, public approval of the court has dropped to historic lows as it prepares to open its new term on October 3rd. According to a Gallup poll, 47 percent of Americans said they have at least a “fair amount” of trust in the judicial branch, representing a 20-percentage-point drop from 2020, including 7 points since 2021. In the wake of the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, many Democrats, including President Biden, are seeking to use the Court’s rightward turn as a way to galvanize turnout ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.

ROKK co-founding partner and Democratic strategist Rodell Mollineau sat down with the Hill and discussed how the current state of the court could help Democrats down the road. Read the article here.

Republicans are facing an increasingly uphill battle in New Hampshire’s Senate race as polls show their chosen candidate, Don Bolduc, losing ground to Sen. Maggie Hassan (D) in the 2022 midterms. Observers had long seen Hassan as one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents in the upper chamber, but that changed in the primaries when GOP voters chose Bolduc, a hard-right candidate aligned with former President Trump, as the party’s nominee. Jeff Grappone, ROKK Senior Vice President and former aide to two Republican senators from New Hampshire, spoke with the Hill about whether Gen. Bolduc can turn his campaign around in time before the Nov. 8 general election. Read the article here.

Just weeks before the 2022 Election Day, the US Senate races in closely watched swing states remain tight, but a clearer picture of the landscape heading into the final midterm sprint is beginning to emerge. The Hill’s Caroline Vakil took a look at the seven US Senate seats most likely to flip in November and discussed how the elections in Nevada and Ohio will go with ROKK co-founding partner Rodell Mollineau. Read the article here.

The Hill’s Caroline Vakil interviewed experienced political analysts to gauge the status in upcoming Senate races and see which parties are most likely to experience seat reversals in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. ROKK Solutions Co-founding Partner Rodell Mollineau shares his take on what themes are important to Nevada voters ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. Get the full story here.

When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis orchestrated flights sending migrants and asylum seekers from San Antonio, Texas, to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, many observers saw a stunt aimed at raising the Republican’s political profile ahead of a potential 2024 White House run. However, according to GOP operatives, the move also gave Republicans running for Congress the opportunity to focus on illegal immigration and border security, topics they’ve clamored to put at the center of the fall’s 2022 midterm elections. In Business Insider, ROKK Senior Vice President Jeff Grappone discusses whether the migrant trafficking lawsuit will have lasting damage to the party or DeSantis’ suspected presidential ambitions in 2024. Read the article here.

U.S. legislators are running out of time to pass several pending bills related to reining in the power of Big Tech before the focus shifts to campaigning in this year’s 2022 midterm elections. Seats in both chambers of Congress are up for grabs, and policy analysts say Republicans have a strong chance of taking control of the U.S. House of Representatives during the midterm elections. If that occurs, the new House leadership is expected to set a different tone on tech regulation, with Republicans likely to resurface concerns about platform censorship over antitrust regulations. ROKK Co-founding Partner Rodell Mollineau spoke to S&P Global and discussed Big Tech and how these political and partisan fights are playing out. Read the article here.