One of the biggest questions about the upcoming presidential election is how many voters are really undecided. How many Trump supporters or Biden supporters are actually persuadable – how many are really open to picking the other guy. And more importantly, why? So, we put together a focus group of […] Read more »
Could Trump’s Positive Coronavirus Test Influence The Race?
Only 31 days until the election. The pace is relentless. First Trump’s tax returns came to light; the nation witnessed a presidential debate more like a MMA cage match than a gentlemanly conversion; and Trump tested positive for COVID. Wow, what a week! Any one of these facts could have […] Read more »
Before I Vote For You, I First Want To Like You
At the difficult art of winning highly competitive elections, former U.S. Sen. William Cohen, R-Maine — who never lost one — was very good indeed. … An engaging man with an earned reputation for working across Washington’s partisan divide, Cohen offered this astute advice for electoral success: “I don’t care […] Read more »
For Voters Still Mulling, One Thing Is Clear: That Debate Didn’t Help
“Useless.” “Ridiculous.” “Horrible.” Undecided voters approached the first presidential debate between President Trump and Joseph R. Biden Jr. with some hope of hearing policies and plans that could help them make a decision they had been mulling for months. Instead, they listened with a mix of disgust and dismay, appalled […] Read more »
Joe Biden won Round One of the debate. Round Two is happening now.
The first wave of data is in, and it delivers a clear verdict: Joe Biden won Tuesday’s presidential debate. That’s unambiguously good news for Biden — but it’s not the whole story. A presidential “debate” is really a multi-part news cycle, one in which the clash between the candidates is […] Read more »
Do debates matter?
… We love the illusion that the skills on display in debates somehow map onto the requirements of the presidency; and that we render political verdicts based on what appears to be intellectual trial by combat. Don’t bet on it. In reality, debates have probably never decided a presidential election. […] Read more »