After a day of headline-making testimony in the House impeachment inquiry, the contenders for the Democratic nomination squared off in their fifth debate. The candidates largely eschewed talk of impeachment and mostly avoided the kind of conflict that characterized previous debates. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the […] Read more »
Sticking with Sanders: on the road with his campaign
On this week’s episode of “Where Did You Get This Number?”, Anthony briefly updates the listeners on the impeachment hearings before going into Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign. Why does he have the highest % of “strong supporters”? What’s his long-term game plan? Where Did You Get This Number? CBS […] Read more »
Iowa: Warren slipping as Buttigieg continues to surge
Support for Sen. Elizabeth Warren has dropped by nearly 10% over the past month, according to the latest Iowa State University/Civiqs poll of Democratic presidential candidates. At the same time, the percentage of likely Iowa caucus-goers who do not want Warren to get the nomination jumped by 5%. CONT. Iowa […] Read more »
Wisconsin: Marquette Law School Poll finds shifts in public opinion favorable to President Trump
Even as hearings that could lead to President Donald Trump’s impeachment heat up, a new Marquette University Law School poll of Wisconsin registered voters finds consistent, if sometimes modest, shifts in public opinion away from support of impeachment and toward supporting Trump in next year’s presidential election. CONT. Charles Franklin, […] Read more »
On Health Care, Democrats Trust Sanders the Most, but More People Support a Public Option than Medicare-for-All
Ahead of tonight’s Democratic presidential debate, Sen. Bernie Sanders is the candidate most trusted on health care by Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, though the Medicare-for-all plan he has championed is significantly less popular than the “public option” approach put forward by some other candidates, the latest KFF Health Tracking Poll […] Read more »
They’re Blue Collar, and They Like That Biden Is an Average Joe
… With less than three months to go before voting begins in the 2020 primary, and on the eve of the fifth presidential primary debate, Mr. Biden faces significant challenges in the key early states of Iowa and New Hampshire, a cash crunch and several Democrats threatening his standing with […] Read more »