The Des Moines Register and CNN today announced a partnership, in collaboration with cable operator Mediacom, to jointly produce Iowa Polls related to the 2020 Iowa presidential caucuses. The Des Moines Register and CNN will exercise joint editorial control of the poll, including development of poll questions, the release schedule […] Read more »
Polls say Joe Biden’s age isn’t necessarily hurting him with young Democrats
Democratic voters have split along generational lines in the past two presidential primary cycles. And 2020’s very early front-runner, former vice president Joe Biden, has been criticized for being, well, old. In the limited polling that we have so far, Biden leads the pack of 2020 potential Democratic nominees, a […] Read more »
Dems’ presidential pick will be chosen in a flash
Knowing the 2020 nomination is well worth having, some two dozen Democrats are contemplating entering the primary process. They may want to hurry. While candidates always stay in the primaries beyond the point they’ve lost, the race will likely be effectively over after March 3, 2020. It will all go […] Read more »
The Democrats’ Hispanic Problem
… Nationally, overwhelming margins among Latino voters helped drive Democratic victories in states like California, Nevada and Arizona. But in Florida, older Cuban-Americans who mostly support Republicans voted in droves, while turnout for younger Cubans, Puerto Ricans and other non-Cuban Hispanics who skew Democratic lagged—and did not skew as Democratic […] Read more »
She Votes, She Leads: What Mattered to Women in the 2018 Midterms
A new post-election poll confirms many women voters strongly dislike President Trump and are troubled by his tone and use of offensive language, but they also say he wasn’t the only factor driving their votes this fall. President Trump has a steep hill to climb if he is to win […] Read more »
Trump’s alienation of younger voters is a generational gamble for GOP
The sharp turn against the Republican Party by young people in the 2018 election may be only the overture to an even greater political risk for the GOP in 2020. Both historical voting patterns and underlying demographic trends suggest that the biggest difference in the electorate between this election and […] Read more »