The first debate of the 2020 presidential campaign offered a clear road map of a new Democratic Party, one that favors a series of ambitious and liberal domestic initiatives and that is more willing than some Democrats of the past to use the powers of the federal government to intervene […] Read more »
What Trump May Be Missing In Those Polls He Calls Fake
As President Trump attends the G-20 summit in Japan this week, a score of Democrats who want his job are debating in Miami — vying for a nomination that looks increasingly worth having. Major polls taken in the late spring showed President Trump trailing his top Democratic challengers both nationwide […] Read more »
Reporters want to seem neutral. That’s impossible in political debate coverage.
… Traditional reporters and analysts want to be neutral, detached observers who deliver information about the political process without participating in it. But in the context of a primary debate, true neutrality and total detachment are basically impossible. In a primary debate, there’s no higher authority or judge who will […] Read more »
New UnidosUS poll confirms Latinos’ 2020 preferences
Latinos are increasingly disaffected with Donald Trump but remain open to supporting candidates, including Republicans, who demonstrate support for a comprehensive policy agenda that emphasizes economic opportunity, better healthcare, and the embrace of immigrants. These were among the key takeaways from a new 2020 National Latino Electorate Survey released by […] Read more »
As the Democratic debaters chase their base, Trump has a prime opening
Hardball presidential politics, a little like Mother Nature, has an unforgiving way of winnowing a field and this go-round there is more to winnow than usual with 24 Democrats vying for their party’s nomination. In the wild, it’s called survival of the fittest and that seems an apt description for […] Read more »
It’s Not So Much the Debate. It’s the Days After the Debate.
… Presidential debates can be dramatic. The effects on viewers (and voters), however, are more subtle. As you prepare to watch the first primary debate Wednesday-Thursday (and the 11 to follow), let go of the notion that any single moment is going to shift the state of the race overnight. […] Read more »