President Biden is seeing his highest approval ratings in almost a year, while former President Donald Trump, who is hoping to take the job back, is getting his worst scores among potential Republican voters in years, according to the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. The survey — conducted last week, after […] Read more »
Biden and Trump face headwinds going into 2024, poll shows
The 2024 presidential election campaign season remains several months away, and while much can change, the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll shows both Democrats and Republicans are already sizing up potential candidates. Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have maintained large shares of support among their respective bases. […] Read more »
Gretchen Whitmer Rejected False Choices. All Democrats Should.
… For Democrats, much of the debate about running in and winning big northern industrial states is that we have to choose a style of campaign. Either we talk to blue-collar voters about issues like economics and manufacturing, or we talk to suburban women about abortion. Either we use progressive […] Read more »
About that running mate: 72% of Democrats say it’s ‘important’ Biden pick woman of color
Seven of 10 Democrats in the new USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll say it is important to them that presumptive nominee Joe Biden picks a woman of color as his running mate on the Democratic presidential ticket this fall. A third of Democrats, among both Black and white Americans, call it “very […] Read more »
Biden Is Getting a Lot of Advice on His V.P. Here’s What Voters Think.
Joseph R. Biden Jr. appears to face limited political pressure from voters about whom to choose as his running mate, with no contender emerging as a clear favorite and the great majority of people saying that race should not be a factor in his decision, according to polling conducted by […] Read more »
Our Revamped VP Rankings
Key Points• Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and former National Security Adviser Susan Rice enter our list of Joe Biden’s vice presidential contenders.• Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) drops off.• The top names remain the same. CONT. Kyle Kondik, J. Miles Coleman & Larry J. Sabato, Sabato’s Crystal Ball The OPINION TODAY email […] Read more »