Former Senator Bob Dole died this week at age 98. Journalists, fellow politicians and public leaders have lauded the Kansas-born public figure as someone who spent almost all of his working life in service to his state and country. A review of Gallup polling throughout Dole’s long career shows the […] Read more »
Trump’s likeability deficit could cost him in 2020
President Donald Trump has a likeability problem. Four years ago, Trump won election with the lowest favorability for a major party presidential candidate in the polling era. He did so because he won the overwhelming plurality of voters who both disliked Hillary Clinton, the second least liked candidate of all […] Read more »
Ross Perot brought us the tea party — and President Trump
Populism is the Old Faithful of American politics, erupting at intervals — from President Andrew Jackson railing against the “giant Augean stable” of Washington corruption to William Jennings Bryan’s “cross of gold” speech to Pat Buchanan’s “America First” tagline. What they all had in common was a vision of a […] Read more »
Farewell Ross Perot; Senate races on the fringe of the competitive map; the curious case of Justin Amash
There is a great quote from George McGovern, the 1972 Democratic presidential nominee and South Dakota senator: “You know, sometimes, when they say you’re ahead of your time, it’s just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing.” Given how American politics has developed over […] Read more »
How Ross Perot led the way for Donald Trump
Businessman and two-time presidential candidate Ross Perot died Tuesday at the age of 89. Perot’s life was more than just being a two-time non-major-party presidential candidate, but his campaigns changed the political landscape during his life and are influential to this day. … Perot showed that a populist businessman outsider […] Read more »
Sexual misconduct allegations don’t always affect voters’ decisions
Weeks after allegations of sexual harassment and assault rocked the entertainment industry, the issue is now being confronted in the political arena. Digging into the CBS News polling archives, we find that while the public may be bothered by allegations of sexual harassment or misconduct against a politician, it’s sometimes […] Read more »