A new Gallup poll finds that President-elect Joe Biden has a 55% favorable rating and a 41% unfavorable rating. The same poll gives President Donald Trump a 42% favorable rating and a 57% unfavorable rating. … The 2020 election was, like almost every election involving an incumbent, mostly about voters’ […] Read more »
Are close presidential elections the new normal?
More than a month after Election Day, the biggest political story for many Americans is how close the presidential race was. President-elect Joe Biden won by more than 4 points, but polls and some observers were expecting a larger win in the 10-point range. Taking a longer view, however, the […] Read more »
How Republicans live in a bubble, too
Following Hillary Clinton’s loss in the 2016 election, there was a lot of talk how the Democrats lived in a bubble. They failed to see President Donald Trump’s win coming and nominated someone who lost to the least-liked candidate of all time. Well, now it is clear that the shoe […] Read more »
Republicans Pushed to Restrict Voting. Millions of Americans Pushed Back.
Nearly 160 million Americans voted in the 2020 elections, by far the most in history and a level of turnout not seen in over a century, representing an extraordinary milestone of civic engagement in a year marked by a devastating pandemic, record unemployment and political unrest. … The shifts that […] Read more »
All the focus is on Georgia — and who will vote and who will not
More than 158 million votes — a record — have been counted in the 2020 election. The presidential race has been decided, no matter how many times President Trump falsely claims otherwise. But the Biden-Harris administration ultimately will be shaped by the few million votes yet to be cast in […] Read more »
Biden-Harris Economic Priorities and U.S. Public Opinion
The Biden-Harris transition website lists four priorities for the forthcoming administration: COVID-19, economic recovery, racial equity and climate change. How well do these priorities sync with U.S. public opinion? One way to answer that question is to use Gallup’s monthly update on Americans’ views of the most important problem facing […] Read more »