Despite Seth Meyers’ Golden Globes joke about a 2020 Oprah Winfrey bid for the White House, and the rush of speculation that followed, most Americans said they don’t want to see the actress and television host campaign for president, according to a new poll from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and […] Read more »
Oprah 2020? Democrats Swing From Giddy to Skeptical at the Prospect
With a booming speech at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night, Oprah Winfrey, the billionaire media entrepreneur and former television talk-show host, launched a thousand fantasies for Democrats: Of a historic campaign to put a black woman in the White House. Of a celebrity candidate, known for her big-hearted […] Read more »
People like Oprah but aren’t sure about her running for president
American voters are big fans of Oprah Winfrey — but asked 10 months ago, most didn’t want her to run for President. Voters had a favorable view of Winfrey by a two-to-one split last March, according to a Quinnipiac University poll. … There’s just one problem: they’re not sure about […] Read more »
FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast: Oprah, Palace Intrigue And Nuclear War
The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast crew discusses all the talk about Oprah running for president in 2020, spurred by her speech at the Golden Globes. The team also debates the new book “Fire and Fury,” which raises questions about whether President Trump is mentally fit enough to serve. FiveThirtyEight Read more »
Democrats think 2018 will be a good year, but are they realistic about their own problems?
Thanks mostly to President Trump, Democrats believe they are poised for good things in 2018: the possibility of taking control of the House and gains elsewhere in the midterm elections. But planning victory laps would be premature. Whatever their prospects for the fall campaigns, the Democrats are still in need […] Read more »
7 in 10 Americans say sexual harassment is a very serious problem
Americans view sexual harassment far more seriously than they did two decades ago, a new CNN Poll Conducted by SSRS shows. Nearly seven in ten Americans say sexual harassment is a very serious problem, according to the poll, a 34-point shift from a CNN/Time poll conducted in 1998. CONT. Juana […] Read more »