… The big question coming out of the major party conventions would be if they would reset the 2020 campaign. Could Trump’s efforts to refocus the campaign on crime and law and order help him close what has been a consistent deficit? The answer seems to be a no, for […] Read more »
CBS News Battleground Tracker: National, Wisconsin contests steady amid protests; more think Biden trying to calm situation
The presidential horse race remains unchanged by recent protests — Joe Biden still leads President Trump by the same margins nationally and in the battleground state of Wisconsin. Here’s why: though neither candidate gets rave reviews for what they’ve said about the demonstrations, Biden is seen by more as trying […] Read more »
Which Candidate Do Voters Trust to Handle the Unrest?
The trips this week to Kenosha, Wis., by President Trump and Joseph R. Biden Jr. laid bare the political bets both presidential candidates are making about how voters will respond to the scenes of unrest playing out in some American cities. … For pollsters, who use straightforward questions to take […] Read more »
After weeks of Trump rhetoric on crime, voters have a clear preference on the issue: Joe Biden
President Trump and the Republican Party got four days of prime-time television last week to make the case to the American public for Trump’s reelection. … Over and over, convention speakers, including Trump, warned of an ominous dark cloud approaching: a Joe Biden presidency, in which the former vice president […] Read more »
UMD Critical Issues Poll Sheds Light on Impact of Party Conventions, Shows Biden Lead
A new University of Maryland Critical Issues Poll took the national political pulse during the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention, and found little sway in the allegiances of self-identified Republicans and Democrats. However, the poll revealed that independents may be the reason that Democratic nominee Joe Biden […] Read more »
Americans solidly oppose violent protests. But that hasn’t helped Trump.
Earlier this summer, Americans solidly backed the protests against police brutality and racism. But that support has been diminishing in recent weeks, in particular after the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man in Kenosha, Wis., and ensuing riots. According to YouGov, 46 percent of respondents say that “protesters […] Read more »