Most of the uncertainty surrounding the potential impact of the Black vote on the presidential election this year is focused on turnout. Although President Donald Trump’s campaign has made efforts to reach out to Black voters, the historical record and current data show it is unlikely that the percentage of […] Read more »
Scenes from a Supreme Court Focus Group
How will the coming Supreme Court vote impact the presidential race? On Thursday, I convened a focus group of 2016 Trump voters—all college-educated women in swing states—to ask them what they thought. What I heard was bad news for Republicans. Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell seem to hope that nominating […] Read more »
Majority says winner of presidential election should nominate next Supreme Court justice
A majority of Americans oppose efforts by President Trump and the Republican-led Senate to fill a Supreme Court vacancy before the presidential election, with most supporters of Democratic candidate Joe Biden saying the issue has raised the stakes of the election, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll. CONT. Scott […] Read more »
Most say wait on Ginsburg seat, while opposing packing the court
Americans by nearly a 20-point margin say the next justice of the U.S. Supreme Court should be left to the winner of the presidential election and a Senate vote next year, contrary to GOP plans for a quick nomination by Donald Trump and vote by the current Senate. At the […] Read more »
Democrats Regain Favorability Edge Over GOP
Americans’ opinions of the Republican Party have soured since January but are similar to what they were a year ago. Meanwhile, Americans’ favorability ratings of the Democratic Party (47%) have been stable and again surpass those of the GOP (42%). CONT. Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Tight race in Ohio, Biden tops Trump in Nevada and Pennsylvania
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump in the battleground states of Nevada, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, according to Fox News statewide likely voter surveys. In each of the three states, majorities disapprove of the job Trump is doing as president, pluralities say coronavirus is “not at all” under […] Read more »