The first debates of the 2020 Democratic primary season are nearly upon us. Over the course of two nights on Wednesday and Thursday, 20 candidates will hope for a breakout moment. Sometimes a candidate hitting the right key at the right moment can turn a debate into a game changer. […] Read more »
The Electoral Time Machine That Could Reelect Trump
Amid all the ongoing changes in the country that generally favor Democrats, is it still possible that President Donald Trump will be reelected in 2020? Because I study religious and demographic change, I hear this question a lot. Much of the early punditry on Trump’s reelection prospects has focused on […] Read more »
Foreign Interference in U.S. Elections
Sixty-three percent of Americans express a great deal of concern about at least one form of foreign interference into the 2020 U.S. presidential election, whether it’s tampering with election results, influencing candidates or voters, or stealing information. And 52% are very worried about the vulnerability of the election system to […] Read more »
Most Americans want Trump to comply with House subpoenas. But impeach him? Not so fast
Most Americans say the White House should comply with subpoenas for witnesses and documents issued by congressional committees investigating President Donald Trump and his administration. By nearly 2-1, they want to hear former special counsel Robert Mueller testify publicly about his inquiry into the 2016 election. A new USA TODAY/Suffolk […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Voters doubt impeachment will happen
Most voters don’t think impeachment is in President Trump’s future. Yet a majority also says the Trump administration should be more cooperative with congressional investigations, and a record number think his campaign coordinated with the Russian government, according to the latest Fox News Poll. CONT. Dana Blanton, Fox News Read more »
Women and Electability – Part 1
Punditry has focused lately on Democratic voters’ desire for an electable presidential candidate with the suggestion that the electability criterion biases them against women candidates. … The reality is that there has not been a test of whether women, writ large, are less electable. In the one circumstance in which […] Read more »