Last week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi amped up criticism of President Trump, while tamping down calls for impeachment from within her own caucus. The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast crew debates the efficacy of her reportedly intentional strategy. They also weigh the usefulness of a new poll matching Biden up against his […] Read more »
2020 Democrats have one mission: Sink battleship Biden
Every candidate for the Democratic nomination for president (save one) knows what they need to do: knock former vice president Joe Biden out of the race. Biden himself knows he’s the battleship everyone else needs to sink. He expects the torpedoes. But will anyone launch them? Attacking Biden is necessary, […] Read more »
Did the 2016 presidential primary debates make any difference?
It’s a natural default assumption that when big-ticket events occur over the course of a presidential election, they are necessarily important. Everyone gets together for a debate that’s watched by millions of people; how could that not shape the outcome of the race? But a funny thing happened in 2016. […] Read more »
Countdown to the Debates
On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, we discuss the qualifying criteria for this election cycle’s Democratic primary debates. The Marist Poll took opposition to how polls were used during the 2016 primaries to determine inclusion. Have things changed? We pick up that discussion. Then, Mother’s Day is this weekend! […] Read more »
There may be too many Democratic presidential candidates for pollsters
Carrie Dann explains the issues pollsters face when deciding which candidates to include in polls. Meet the Press: The Lid Read more »
Fox News’ audience may not be what you think, even if the programming often is
The decision by the Democratic National Committee to forgo a presidential primary debate on Fox News had expected reactions from many corners. Democrats, frustrated by the network’s coverage and the New Yorker’s recent look at its internal machinations, seemed largely pleased. Fox News, on the other hand, didn’t. On Tuesday […] Read more »