Bolstered by a strong economy, Donald Trump reached the highest job approval rating of his career in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll and runs competitively for reelection against four of five possible Democratic contenders. Yet he remains broadly unpopular across personal and professional measures, marking his vulnerabilities in the […] Read more »
There Should Be a Public Option for Everything
… Most Americans probably associate the idea of a public option with health care. When the Affordable Care Act was debated in 2010, proponents of a public option wanted anyone to be able to buy into a government health insurance option like Medicare that would compete with private health insurance […] Read more »
The Most Critical Argument Democrats Will Have in 2020
The battle over health care is emerging as the most consequential policy choice facing Democrats in the 2020 presidential contest—and it’s one that could play out over time to Joe Biden’s advantage. As last week’s debates demonstrated, Democrats now face a stark choice: a nominee who would establish a government-funded, […] Read more »
Harris scores in debate performance while electability keeps Biden in front
A wide advantage in perceived electability boosts Joe Biden in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, but he lags in having new ideas, is challenged by Bernie Sanders and faces a debate-energized Kamala Harris in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll. In current preferences, 29% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Most Democrats do not want to eliminate private insurance
One of the big fault-lines in last week’s Democratic debates was whether there should be private insurance to compete with a government health care plan. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren believed there shouldn’t be. Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg said that there should be a “public option” and private insurance. […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Harris and Warren rise and Biden slides after first Democratic debates
Sens. Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren have made steep gains after the first Democratic presidential debate, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS shows, with former Vice President Joe Biden’s lead over the field shrinking to a narrow 5 points. The results indicate a significant tightening in the race for […] Read more »