President Trump’s mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic has imperiled both his own re-election and his party’s majority in the Senate, and Republican lawmakers in crucial states like Arizona, North Carolina and Maine have fallen behind their Democratic challengers amid broad disapproval of the president, according to a poll conducted by […] Read more »
Trump, Biden Favorable Ratings Both Below 50%
Heading into presidential debate season, former Vice President Joe Biden edges out President Donald Trump in favorability ratings from the American people, 46% to 41%, while the candidates’ running mates are roughly tied in favorability. Sen. Kamala Harris, running for vice president on the Democratic ticket, is viewed favorably by […] Read more »
PollerCoaster2020: Biden Is Winning, Here’s How to Pad His Lead
The story of the 2020 election is often told through the perspective of three groups: Obama-Trump voters, suburban voters that have soured on Trump, and die-hard Trump supporters who frequent diners visited by New York Times political reporters. Don’t get me wrong, at least two of these groups are critical. […] Read more »
For Trump, It’s Not the United States, It’s Red and Blue States
President Trump argued this week that the death toll from the coronavirus was actually not so bad. All you had to do was not count states that voted for Democrats. “If you take the blue states out,” he said, “we’re at a level that I don’t think anybody in the […] Read more »
Sun Belt Voices Project: Trump voters report higher levels of enthusiasm than Biden voters
Most voters have made up their minds about how they will vote for president, with results suggesting very close elections in each of the three Sun Belt states included in this project. … Swing voters are younger, have more moderate views, and a larger share are Hispanic voters, and also […] Read more »
The Public Outlook Remains Gloomy
A majority continue to feel the country is moving in the wrong direction. And most remain at least somewhat worried about a coronavirus infection in their household, have little confidence in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and disapprove of how President Trump is handling the pandemic. Seventy-two […] Read more »