While the country’s attention has been riveted on the COVID-19 pandemic, the general election contest is quietly taking shape, and the news for President Trump is mostly bad. After moving modestly upward in March, approval of his handling of the pandemic has fallen back to where it was when the […] Read more »
Poll Hub: Senate Stakes
On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, we turn to the U.S. Senate. What are the most competitive races in 2020? Do the Democrats have a viable pathway to regain control of the Senate? What’s the potential impact of the top of the ballot on these contests? Marist Poll The OPINION […] Read more »
Biden’s VP Pick Charts the Future Course for the Democratic Party
… Arguably, the last time a running made the difference in a key state was John F. Kennedy’s pick of Lyndon Johnson in 1960. Others maintain that the right running mate can boost the turnout and/or the support levels among a key constituency. But does a running mate really make […] Read more »
For Biden, naming Cabinet before election would be a big risk
Who’s on his list? And would it matter? Phil Roeder/Flickr, CC BY Christopher Devine, University of Dayton and Kyle C. Kopko, Elizabethtown College In addition to the rumblings about whom he’ll name as his vice presidential candidate, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden recently surprised many political observers by suggesting […] Read more »
Val Demings is the coalition pick for vice president
This is part of a series where I make the best possible case for various vice-presidential contenders. … Joe Biden isn’t a once-in-a-generation talent like Obama, though he’s not quite as bland as Kerry. So if he’s going to stick the landing on this very strange election season, he’ll need […] Read more »
The Race to Define the Presidential Race
On the surface, recent polling in battleground states paints a dire picture for President Trump’s re-election prospects. Polls taken in Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin find Former Vice President Joe Biden leading Trump by anywhere from three to eight points. And, in every state but Wisconsin (which was taken in […] Read more »