The 2020 presidential campaign has been repeatedly rocked by seismic events – from the outbreak of a devastating pandemic to President Donald Trump contracting COVID-19. Yet in at least two important respects, not much has changed: Joe Biden continues to hold sizable advantages over Trump on most major issues and […] Read more »
Most voters confident their vote will be counted, poll finds. But partisans disagree on election threats.
Americans are worried about this election. And who can blame them? Each day, a new story, whether true, false or overblown, creates fresh anxiety about mail-in voting or polling places. A battleground-state survey conducted by the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project shows that registered voters harbor worries about voting in this […] Read more »
Why Republicans should be worried about Arizona
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, are in the swing state of Arizona on Thursday, and so is Vice President Mike Pence. Their presence underscores the importance of the state to the path to the presidency in November. And while Arizona hasn’t voted […] Read more »
In news about the presidential race, coronavirus overtakes nearly all else
In the biggest week of news in the 2020 presidential campaign, one story dominated like no other: President Donald Trump contracting coronavirus. According to The Breakthrough, a project from CNN, SSRS, the University of Michigan and Georgetown University tracking Americans’ recall of news about each of the presidential candidates, no […] Read more »
Majority Trust Biden to Lead Healthcare System Amid COVID-19
By a 52% to 39% margin, Americans trust Joe Biden over Donald Trump to lead the U.S. healthcare system most efficiently amid COVID-19. These data are based on a new study conducted by West Health and Gallup in the two days immediately following the first presidential debate, but before President […] Read more »
Biden crosses 270 threshold in CNN’s Electoral College outlook for first time
Joe Biden is surging in the battle for the White House with less than four weeks to go until Election Day. In our latest Electoral College outlook, the Democratic presidential nominee crosses the 270 threshold for the first time this year. If you add up the states that are currently […] Read more »