A new Gallup poll finds that President-elect Joe Biden has a 55% favorable rating and a 41% unfavorable rating. The same poll gives President Donald Trump a 42% favorable rating and a 57% unfavorable rating. … The 2020 election was, like almost every election involving an incumbent, mostly about voters’ […] Read more »
Are close presidential elections the new normal?
More than a month after Election Day, the biggest political story for many Americans is how close the presidential race was. President-elect Joe Biden won by more than 4 points, but polls and some observers were expecting a larger win in the 10-point range. Taking a longer view, however, the […] Read more »
How Republicans live in a bubble, too
Following Hillary Clinton’s loss in the 2016 election, there was a lot of talk how the Democrats lived in a bubble. They failed to see President Donald Trump’s win coming and nominated someone who lost to the least-liked candidate of all time. Well, now it is clear that the shoe […] Read more »
Republicans Pushed to Restrict Voting. Millions of Americans Pushed Back.
Nearly 160 million Americans voted in the 2020 elections, by far the most in history and a level of turnout not seen in over a century, representing an extraordinary milestone of civic engagement in a year marked by a devastating pandemic, record unemployment and political unrest. … The shifts that […] Read more »
All the focus is on Georgia — and who will vote and who will not
More than 158 million votes — a record — have been counted in the 2020 election. The presidential race has been decided, no matter how many times President Trump falsely claims otherwise. But the Biden-Harris administration ultimately will be shaped by the few million votes yet to be cast in […] Read more »
American Democracy’s Stress Test Is Nearly Complete
In just 51 days, the United States will close a bizarre chapter of American history. Things will probably never return to “normal,” at least as defined by pre-pandemic standards, but to borrow the title of a great 2013 political documentary about contemporary race and politics in New Orleans, Getting Back […] Read more »