Gallup’s recent update on Americans’ satisfaction with 30 aspects of the U.S. finds majorities of Republicans satisfied with 19, while the majority of Democrats are content with just four. The State of the Union scorecard includes 13 broad features of the nation’s cultural, business and government climates. Of these, majorities […] Read more »
2020 Democrats Are Bringing Butter Knives to a Gunfight
Heading into tonight’s Iowa caucus, the clock may be ticking faster on the Democratic presidential candidates than they believe. All of the leading contenders have campaigned energetically and extensively across the state during the past few days, but none have moved to sharply contrast themselves with their rivals. … Inherent […] Read more »
Focus on Rural America Iowa Caucus Poll
… Our last statewide poll had Biden out in front with Warren, Buttigieg, and Sanders each in close contention for the second tier. This time, we went into the field from January 28-30th and polled 300 likely caucusgoers statewide through landlines, cell phones, and text-to-web. In first we found Pete […] Read more »
Why the Iowa caucuses are important
The Iowa Democratic caucuses are just hours away and with them, the true start of the 2020 election. But just what can a single state with a relatively small number of delegates up for grabs tell us about the rest of the primary season? If history is any guide, the […] Read more »
The Road to Milwaukee: How the Democratic Primary Will Unfold
The voting in the Democratic presidential contest is finally upon us. Iowa begins the march to the July Democratic National Convention, followed by New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina in February. These early contests will get loads of attention throughout the month, although the dirty little secret is that, together, […] Read more »
Bernie Sanders climbing in new NH poll on eve of Iowa caucuses
Bernie Sanders continues to lead his Democratic rivals in New Hampshire just hours before the Iowa caucuses, which could hand him a crucial victory in the first contest of the race, a new Franklin Pierce University-Boston Herald-NBC10Boston poll reveals. Sanders has boosted his support in the Granite State to 31% […] Read more »