The president who once dictated his own doctor’s note is now asking a worried nation to trust his doctors’ notes. President Donald Trump’s bout with coronavirus amounts to the most serious medical crisis facing a president since Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981 — and now Trump’s long history of […] Read more »
Battleground State Focus Group of Persuadable Voters
One of the biggest questions about the upcoming presidential election is how many voters are really undecided. How many Trump supporters or Biden supporters are actually persuadable – how many are really open to picking the other guy. And more importantly, why? So, we put together a focus group of […] Read more »
Could Trump’s Positive Coronavirus Test Influence The Race?
Only 31 days until the election. The pace is relentless. First Trump’s tax returns came to light; the nation witnessed a presidential debate more like a MMA cage match than a gentlemanly conversion; and Trump tested positive for COVID. Wow, what a week! Any one of these facts could have […] Read more »
Trump’s Covid News Meets a Landscape Primed for Mistrust
Was it a hoax? Was it a lie? Was the president sicker than he claimed — or not sick at all? (What does “mild” mean, and how is it different from “moderate”?) Was there any way this alarming news was an ultra-cynical con? Waking up on Friday to the stunning […] Read more »
Trump’s Illness Makes It Clear: This Election Was Always About the Virus
The 2020 election was always going to end like this. Perhaps not precisely like this. Perhaps not with the president and the first lady contracting the coronavirus, along with the head of the Republican National Committee and members of the White House staff. Perhaps not with the campaign calendar thrown […] Read more »
Trump Tests Positive For COVID-19
President Trump announced early Friday morning that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19. In this emergency edition of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, science writer Maggie Koerth joins the crew to discuss what’s possible going forward. FiveThirtyEight Read more »