With the delayed transition to a Biden administration now underway, Americans have only modest expectations that the partisanship that has dominated Washington in recent years will ease in 2021. However, Democrats are much more optimistic than Republicans that relations between the two parties will improve. Just 21% of Americans say […] Read more »
How Joe Biden and Mark Kelly show Arizona is now a purple state
Democrat Mark Kelly will be sworn in on Wednesday as Arizona’s junior US senator, finishing the final two years of the term won by the late Sen. John McCain in 2016. Both President-elect Joe Biden and Kelly were certified as the winners of their respective Arizona races on Monday. Their […] Read more »
Biden’s Favorability Rises to 55%, Trump’s Dips to 42%
President-elect Joe Biden’s favorability rating has risen six percentage points to 55% since the election compared with his final preelection reading. At the same time, President Donald Trump’s favorability has edged down three points to 42%. CONTINUED Megan Brenan, Gallup Read more »
Trump is leaving minority votes on the table
President Donald Trump appears determined to end this stage of his political career the same way he began it: by promoting a racist conspiracy theory. Just as he began his long march to the White House by touting the racist “birther theory” that Barack Obama was not an American citizen, […] Read more »
County to County: 5 places that told the 2020 election story
A little more than a year ago, the Meet the Press team identified five counties to watch as part of an effort called County to County. The goal was to use those counties to explore larger trends in the electorate to get a feel for how different kinds of voters […] Read more »
The Pa. county that explains how Biden won big while other Democrats struggled
The blue wave sputtered ashore at the intersection of Routes 30 and 100, in the heart of Exton, Pa., a suburb 30 miles west of Philadelphia. That intersection, at the heart of the wealthy and thriving Chester County, is one of the key dividing lines of American politics. It illustrates […] Read more »