… Something nearly unthinkable happened in Georgia in 2018. More black voters, more Asian-American/Pacific Island voters and more Latino voters turned out than in the 2016 presidential election. Sure, turnout was up everywhere and at presidential levels in many states. But Georgia was the only state where midterm turnout was […] Read more »
What to Make of the Trump Approval Ratings Bump
As the coronavirus pandemic moves into week two, polls (both private and public) are showing a definite uptick for President Trump’s handling of the crisis — and even some movement in his overall job approval rating. … So what’s going on? Is this a short-term rally in a time of […] Read more »
Most Oppose Micro-Targeting in Online Political Ads
In the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Gallup’s latest research, a solid majority of Americans do not want political campaigns to be able to micro-target them through digital ads: 72% say that internet companies should make no information about its users available to political campaigns in order […] Read more »
The Audacity of Hate
… The Tea Party changed what it was permissible to debate openly in contemporary politics. Within a few years, it enabled Trump to further erode the norms of political combat and more openly instigate partisan conflict based on racial and ethnic antagonism. Under Trump, coded rhetoric like Reagan’s “welfare queen” […] Read more »
Bloomberg is spending his way to the top
… Much to my surprise, Bloomberg can now be considered a real player in the Democratic primary. He’s seen his numbers go up nationally and in a number of state polls as well. Bloomberg is showing that with a massive war chest, you can, in fact, buy yourself a lot […] Read more »
Should We Be Freaking Out Yet About a Contested Convention?
As we move to Nevada, the third contest on the Democrats’ primary calendar, the picture of who the Democrats will nominate for president is as clear as mud. Here’s what we do know: Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg lead the delegate count (22 for Buttigieg to 21 for Sanders), the […] Read more »