… Gallup routinely asks Americans to name what they think is the country’s greatest enemy and finds Russia and China essentially tied as Americans’ highest-ranking concerns, while Iran is a close third. This dispersion reflects the post-Cold War reality that the United States still lacks a clear rival. At the […] Read more »
The Dreaded 269-269 Scenario: An Update
Key Points• The latest Crystal Ball Electoral College ratings show how the presidential election could result in a 269-269 deadlock, with neither Joe Biden nor Donald Trump possessing a majority of 270 electoral votes.• Even though Democrats hold a House majority and remain on track to maintain that majority next […] Read more »
Why Pennsylvania Could Decide The 2020 Election
Right now, Pennsylvania looks like the single most important state of the 2020 election. According to FiveThirtyEight’s presidential forecast, Pennsylvania is by far the likeliest state to provide either President Trump or Joe Biden with the decisive vote in the Electoral College: It has a 31 percent chance of being […] Read more »
Will late Trump or Biden TV ads change the race?
If you are unlucky enough to live in one of the dozen or so states where the campaigns of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are duking it out on the airwaves, you’ve probably already had your fill of political ads. Hang on, there are less than […] Read more »
A strong day for Biden in the battlegrounds
This is around the time when convention bounces start to diminish. It’s still too soon to say whether President Trump’s bounce will fade or endure, but Tuesday was arguably Joe Biden’s best day of state polls since the Republican National Convention. CONT. Nate Cohn, New York Times The OPINION TODAY email […] Read more »
U.S. Image Plummets Internationally as Most Say Country Has Handled Coronavirus Badly
Since Donald Trump took office as president, the image of the United States has suffered across many regions of the globe. As a new 13-nation Pew Research Center survey illustrates, America’s reputation has declined further over the past year among many key allies and partners. In several countries, the share […] Read more »