Even before all the ballots are tallied, Americans appear to have voted in the 2020 presidential election at their highest rate in 120 years. Democrat Joe Biden has amassed more than 74 million votes as of Nov. 6, while Republican Donald Trump has received nearly 70 million – already the […] Read more »
The Electoral College Is Close. The Popular Vote Isn’t.
As the presidential race inches agonizingly toward a conclusion, it might be easy to miss the fact that the results are not really close. With many ballots still left to count in heavily Democratic cities, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was leading President Trump on Friday by more […] Read more »
The political winds in the U.S. are swirling
Democrats (and pollsters) predicted a mighty gust blowing the country left this year, in response to the rightward gale that swept President Trump into office. Instead of a corresponding tempest, however, the country barely puffed just enough in a few places to lift Joe Biden up. CONT. Tim Meko, Joe […] Read more »
Election Day Poll: What Happened, And What Does It Mean?
President Elect Joe Biden will win the popular vote by perhaps 5 points and the Electoral College. He did it by reinforcing the Democratic trends in the new diverse states and country, winning Arizona and Georgia by razor thin margins. He did it by taking and holding onto the blue […] Read more »
How the Suburbs Moved Away From Trump
Suburban counties across the country turned away from President Trump in this election. … This graphic shows how these counties voted in preliminary results this year, compared with 2016. Collectively, they shifted up — toward Joe Biden. That movement, apparent across battleground states, has been crucial to his chances of […] Read more »
The Role Shifting Demographics Played In The Presidential Election
Latino voters helped to shape the presidential race in different ways. For the first time, Latinos became the second-biggest voting demographic after white people, and that has major implications. NPR News The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll results and insightful analysis. It’s FREE. Sign up […] Read more »