For many political junkies and analysts, the 2020 presidential campaign feels eerily familiar. The national polls show the Democrat has a big lead. There are some usually Republican states that seem to be in play. And the Trump campaign is relying heavily on a base-focus strategy. It’s all very 2016 […] Read more »
Biden leads Trump in Wisconsin, has edge in Arizona
From Wisconsin to Arizona, as in much of the country, these final weeks of the campaign look to be about who actually votes, because voters say they’ve made their choices, and many have made it official. Mail ballot returns are pouring in, and almost all remaining voters say they’re locked […] Read more »
Can Biden compete in Trump’s rural strongholds? Democrats hope so.
… After a tumultuous first term, Trump has seen his support erode across the country, even in deeply conservative rural areas that have been a bedrock of his support, and he is racing to stem any lasting damage. A series of national polls have shown a narrowing of his once-dominating […] Read more »
Amy Coney Barrett is winning even as Trump is losing
President Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court has not been a game changer in the presidential race. He is still well behind former Vice President Joe Biden with less than three weeks to go. But while Trump is losing, Barrett is winning. She’s very […] Read more »
This Election, Republicans Should Take Nothing for Granted
Whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat, liberal or conservative, predisposed toward labor or business, your eyes should now be squarely pointed to the races below the presidential level. … For some time, pollsters of all stripes have been seeing that Trump’s political problems were metastasizing and now infecting many […] Read more »
In the Game
On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 11 points in our new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll. What’s driving his lead? Can Trump change the trajectory of the race, and do Americans think the Trump Presidency is a success or failure? Then, […] Read more »