The dominant assumption among Democrats for years has been that the best way to expand the Electoral College map is to expand the electorate by turning out millions of additional young people and minorities. But Joe Biden’s campaign may be pointing Democrats toward a different path to widening the presidential […] Read more »
Two-Thirds of Americans Expect Presidential Election Will Be Disrupted by COVID-19
Over the past two months, the outbreak of the novel coronavirus has had a devastating impact on nearly all aspects of life in the United States. And now, most Americans expect it will disrupt the presidential election in November. … The national survey by Pew Research Center, conducted April 7 […] Read more »
66% Report Increase in Cost of Prescription Drugs
• Perceived increases in cost of drugs cross socioeconomic lines• Little progress seen in addressing rising drug costs• 75% support Senate vote on House legislation HR 3 CONT. Dan Witters, Gallup Read more »
COVID-19 Just Latest Challenge for Health Care Polling
We are in rarely charted territory, but not for the most obvious reason. With the COVID-19 pandemic having upended every facet of our society, regular public polling data is now being used as both a measure of public opinion and a lagging indicator of economic and epidemiological trends. But amid […] Read more »
Is Trump Slipping In The Polls Because Of COVID-19?
A slew of recent polling in swing states shows President Trump losing ground to presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew asks whether the narrative of Trump’s handling of the coronavirus crisis has already been cemented, and what Trump could do to […] Read more »
USA Today/Suffolk Poll: Six months out, Biden jumps to lead over Trump amid coronavirus concerns
Six months before Election Day, the coronavirus pandemic has done what impeachment did not: Cost President Donald Trump his advantage over Joe Biden in the 2020 campaign. A new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll shows the former vice president leading Trump nationwide by 6 percentage points, 44% to 38%, a shift […] Read more »