On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, President Donald Trump’s job disapproval rating, according to the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll, is at an all-time high with the proportion of those who say they strongly disapprove reaching a new height. What could this mean for this fall’s presidential election? CONT. Marist […] Read more »
Black Americans say racism, policing top issues for November, favor Biden by huge margin
Black Americans say racism and police conduct are the most important issues in their choice of candidates for president, are sharply critical of President Trump on both matters and see increasingly high stakes in the outcome of November’s election, a Washington Post-Ipsos poll finds. Former vice president Joe Biden currently […] Read more »
Do Campaign Visits Pay Off? Evidence from the 2016 Presidential Election
Key Points• Donald Trump’s rally in Tulsa over the weekend was a reminder of how much his campaign values well-attended rallies.• Trump campaigned more times in more states than Hillary Clinton in 2016.• However, a regression analysis of the 2016 results does not show rallies having a significant impact on […] Read more »
Black Americans outraged by George Floyd’s death, but optimistic about change after nationwide protests
Jackie Beckley believes the video of the final moments of George Floyd’s life may finally help white friends and colleagues understand what she has labored to tell them about her experience as a black woman: the uneasy feeling that rose when her son was late checking in, her hesitation to […] Read more »
With Tweets, Videos and Rhetoric, Trump Pushes Anew to Divide Americans by Race
President Trump has repeatedly pushed inflammatory language, material and policies in recent days that seek to divide Americans by race as he tries to appeal to his predominantly white base of voters four months before Election Day rather than try to broaden his support. … A new New York Times […] Read more »
When it comes to public opinion on race, it’s not 1968 anymore
The killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers and the nationwide demonstrations it triggered have crystallized the public’s changing attitudes on race in America in surprising ways. Accustomed as we are to deep political polarization, a compilation of polling on these questions shows the emergence of important areas of […] Read more »