Liberty Vittert, Washington University in St Louis and Brendan Lind, Harvard Business School Donald Trump is the first president to ever be elected while being actively disliked by the majority of Americans. Trump was also the first person elected president who was significantly less popular than his counterpart. Most Americans […] Read more »
CNN Iowa Poll: Nearly 8 in 10 likely caucusgoers want some candidates to drop out
Just 1 in 6 people likely to head out in the cold next February for Iowa’s first-in-the-nation Democratic caucuses say they relish the chance to choose from a field of 23 candidates, according to a new CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll. Nearly 80% say they wish at least a few would […] Read more »
CNN Iowa Poll: Abortion, climate change, guns top list of must-have issues for likely caucusgoers
Majorities of likely Iowa Democratic caucus participants say any candidate who hopes to win their support must favor a woman’s right to abortion, recognize climate change as humanity’s greatest threat, and support restoration of a ban on assault-style weapons, according to a new CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll. Other issues, including […] Read more »
The latest Iowa poll means more than you might think
… [W]hen it comes to Iowa polls, the Register poll (now conducted with CNN) has long had a sterling reputation, and on Saturday evening, the latest iteration of that survey was released. … Former vice president Joe Biden leads the field with 24 percent. (That may not sound like a […] Read more »
How Old Should a President Be? With So Many Choices, Democrats Are Sharply Divided
… The political power of generational change, a constant in Democratic politics and in victorious presidential campaigns for much of the last 60 years, is now being hotly debated as the party wrestles with how to defeat Mr. Trump. Age has never defined a race so sharply before. The 23 […] Read more »
Biden leads, with Sanders, Warren, Buttigieg in tight race for second, CNN’s Iowa poll shows
Our new CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom’s new Iowa caucuses poll conducted by Selzer and Co. shows Joe Biden at 24%, Bernie Sanders at 16%, Elizabeth Warren at 15%, Pete Buttigieg at 14% and Kamala Harris at 7% among likely caucusgoers. It’s the first high quality Iowa poll conducted since Biden entered […] Read more »