None of the 20-plus Democrats running for president have wanted to make impeaching President Trump a central focus of their campaign. That is, until last week when billionaire businessman and impeachment advocate Tom Steyer entered the race. But the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows enthusiasm for impeachment may […] Read more »
Democrats Shouldn’t Be So Certain About Abortion
President Trump’s best chance for re-election lies in getting Democrats to approach complicated, tender issues with a tone-deaf, incoherent stridency that approaches his own. Unfortunately, he may be well on his way to doing just that. According to some progressives, Democrats need to learn from Mr. Trump’s style of politics […] Read more »
An early look at the 2020 class of swing voters
The vast majority of American voters are locked in on their feelings about President Trump and whether they will support him or a Democrat in the 2020 general election. Believe it or not, a sizable share of voters’ 2020 support is not set in stone. … We took a closer […] Read more »
Even after first debates, Joe Biden still holds a 20-point lead with black voters
A new Fox News poll from South Carolina finds former Vice President Joe Biden leading among Democratic primary voters with 35%. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is in a distant second place with 14%, and Sen. Kamala Harris is near him at 12%. No other candidate reaches double digits. … After […] Read more »
New polling shows how much sexism is hurting the Democratic women running for president
… We wanted to know whether attitudes that can be measured as “sexist” — meaning beliefs that women are less capable than men and overly sensitive to slights — are influencing Democratic voters’ choice about whether to support a female candidate in the 2020 Democratic primaries. For instance, when Democrats […] Read more »
How Trump could win in 2020: Democrats nominate a very liberal candidate
President Donald Trump’s approval rating among voters has been stuck at or below 45% for pretty much his entire presidency. And, at this point in the campaign, a record percentage of voters say they’ll vote against him. So how does Trump win a second term? The answer may be that […] Read more »