The claim that election fraud is a major concern with mail-in ballots has become the central threat to election participation during the Covid-19 pandemic and to the legitimacy of the outcome of the election across the political spectrum. President Trump has repeatedly cited his concerns over voter fraud associated with […] Read more »
As virus spreads across GOP ranks, some Republicans say party will pay price for ‘stupid’ approach
President Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis shook Republicans like an earthquake. Then came the troubling aftershocks. … After months in which Trump and others in his party questioned the danger of the virus and refused to take precautions such as wearing masks, the Republican Party is now coming face to face with […] Read more »
Biden looks to seal election after Trump’s week from hell
Joe Biden is on the campaign trail. Donald Trump is in the hospital. In a role reversal, the president who mocked his rival for being weak and hiding “in his basement” is stuck in isolation under doctors’ supervision while Biden jets off to states like Michigan on Friday and Florida […] Read more »
GOP faces reckoning over Trump’s virus strategy, diagnosis
President Donald Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis was a moment of reckoning for his Republican Party, whose leaders largely adopted his strategy of playing down the disease but are now confronted with a stark political nightmare a month from Election Day. … “It’s challenging,” said Glen Bolger, a Republican pollster active in […] Read more »
Poll Finds Voters in Two Crucial States Repelled by Trump’s Debate Behavior
By overwhelming margins, voters in Pennsylvania and Florida were repelled by President Trump’s conduct in the first general election debate, according to New York Times/Siena College surveys, as Joseph R. Biden Jr. maintained a lead in the two largest battleground states. Over all, Mr. Biden led by seven percentage points, […] Read more »
Americans Split on Relationship with Russia
A new UChicago Harris/AP-NORC Poll being released in conjunction with the 2020 Pearson Global Forum shows Americans are significantly more likely to disapprove than approve of how President Donald Trump is handling Russia, and a majority of Americans say ties should be weakened with Russia. Results from the poll show […] Read more »