The massive scope and cost of Bernie Sanders’ new “Green New Deal” plan to confront climate change encapsulates both the potential appeal and limits of the Vermont senator’s uncompromising presidential campaign. The $16.3 trillion, 10-year climate plan he released last week envisions a rapid and comprehensive transformation of a key […] Read more »
Joe Biden probably still leads the Democratic race
Monmouth University’s latest national poll of the 2020 Democratic nomination is sure to have folks buzzing. It finds a top tier of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at 20%, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren at 19% and former Vice President Joe Biden at 19%, down from 32% in Monmouth’s last poll in […] Read more »
Favorability of Major Political Figures and Organizations in Battleground Districts
Pundits have asserted that Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s progressive agenda threatens the Democratic Party’s chances of making broad gains in the 2020 election and beyond. Unsourced polling leaked to Axios suggested that white, likely voters without college degrees view Ocasio-Cortez overwhelmingly unfavorably—a population Axios deemed crucial to the Democrats’ future as […] Read more »
Joe Biden’s Poll Numbers Mask an Enthusiasm Gap
Joseph R. Biden Jr. is coasting in the national polls. Surveys show him ahead of his Democratic rivals in hypothetical matchups against President Trump. He has maintained a lead in Iowa all summer, despite facing months of controversies over his record and his campaign missteps. But less than two weeks […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Joe Biden regains double-digit lead over 2020 Democratic field
Joe Biden has expanded his edge over the Democratic field in a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, with 29% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning registered voters saying they back the former vice president. That’s up 7 points compared with a late June CNN survey. No other candidate has made meaningful […] Read more »
A Nation of Pundits
Ask any New Hampshire Democrats which of the nearly two dozen candidates they’re voting for in the first-in-the-nation presidential primary, which is still six months away, and the reply usually isn’t a name, but a list—a few candidates they like, perhaps, or maybe a couple they’ve ruled out. Ask them […] Read more »