Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden holds a double-digit lead nationally over President Donald Trump, with 7 in 10 voters saying the country is on the wrong track, and majorities disapproving of the president’s handling of the coronavirus and race relations. … The NBC News/WSJ poll also shows a whopping […] Read more »
Democrats and Republicans see coronavirus differently
This weekend, President Donald Trump allowed the White House press corps to see him wearing a face mask for the first time. Trump, of course, has been hesitant to wear a mask, and he has retweeted criticism of former Vice President Joe Biden for doing so. The importance of Trump […] Read more »
GOP Governors Losing Residents’ Support on COVID-19
Americans are broadly positive about the way their state governors are handling the COVID-19 crisis, but that sentiment has slipped in the past month as virus cases have skyrocketed in parts of the country. These modest declines mask particularly sharp downturns in the collective governor ratings of residents in states […] Read more »
How the coronavirus is shaping health care politics in 2020
The coronavirus outbreak is now burning primarily through states with the highest share of uninsured residents, complicating the local response and amplifying the political debate over the future of the Affordable Care Act. Caseloads are exploding in many of the 13 remaining states where Republican governors, legislators or both have […] Read more »
The Great Acceleration: How 2020’s Crises Are Bringing the Future Faster
Political prognostication, by Bruce Mehlman of Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas. CONT. — pdf Read more »
What we know right now about the November election
If this year has taught us anything, it’s that there’s no way to predict what will happen between today and November 3, now less than four months away. But we can and should do everything we can to take the pulse of the nation. We went to Jennifer Agiesta, CNN’s […] Read more »