It’s another two states and another two competitive contests, as concern about President Trump’s handling of coronavirus continues to take a political toll on him. Together, North Carolina and Georgia add to our picture of an expanded electoral map. CONT. CBS News The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of […] Read more »
Americans Fault China for Its Role in the Spread of COVID-19
Americans’ views of China have continued to sour, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Today, 73% of U.S. adults say they have an unfavorable view of the country, up 26 percentage points since 2018. … Around three-quarters (78%) place a great deal or fair amount of the blame […] Read more »
Alienated by Trump, Suburban Voters Sour on G.O.P. in Battle for the House
… Suburban districts like these have long been critical bases of Republican support, packed with affluent white voters who reliably chose Republicans to represent them in Congress. Democrats seized control of the House in 2018 by making inroads in communities like these, and Republicans have tied their hopes of reclaiming […] Read more »
The Path to November
This week, President Trump renewed his commitment to questioning the integrity of our election system and the Senate left town on Thursday without reaching an agreement on a new stimulus bill, leaving millions of unemployed Americans in economic limbo. At the same time, the U.S. surpassed 150,000 deaths caused by […] Read more »
The Pandemic Is Damaging the GOP Brand Everywhere
Although hardly any of the governors grappling with the fiercest coronavirus outbreaks are on the ballot this fall, voters’ verdicts about their performance loom heavily over another electoral battle with enormous implications for the balance of power between the parties over the next decade: the struggle for control of state […] Read more »
Further Dissecting the Partisan Gap in Views of the Coronavirus
Americans’ political identities provide a lens through which they view and interpret much of what goes on around them, including not only views of the government, but also opinions about the economy, the state of the nation, race relations, schools and healthcare. The COVID-19 situation is no exception. … A […] Read more »