After the 2016 election, analysts spilled tubs of ink arguing that “Obama-Trump” voters helped swing the election. … Will party switching influence the 2020 presidential election? Our analysis suggests that, yes, a significant number of Trump’s 2016 voters are ready to vote for the presumptive Democratic Party nominee, Joe Biden. […] Read more »
When the Mask You’re Wearing ‘Tastes Like Socialism’
The Covid-19 pandemic has divided Americans into two camps. To no one’s surprise, lockdown politics have joined the legion of issues that pit Democrats against Republicans. … The partisan fight over the lockdown has shown us, once again, how differently the choices government leaders make look to different constituencies of […] Read more »
Americans Remain More Liberal Socially Than Economically
At a time when the federal government is spending unprecedented amounts of money to deal with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, Gallup finds a smaller gap in Americans’ descriptions of their economic views than at any point in the past two decades. CONT. Megan Brenan, Gallup The OPINION TODAY email newsletter […] Read more »
America’s response to the coronavirus is the most American thing ever
The US response to coronavirus has been consistently inconsistent. It’s also uniquely American. There are no national guidelines and no organized efforts to reopen the country beyond what measures states have taken. Public health officials say one thing while governors say another and President Donald Trump says something else entirely. […] Read more »
The Phony Coronavirus Class War
… Lately some commentators have suggested that the coronavirus lockdowns pit an affluent professional class comfortable staying home indefinitely against a working class more willing to take risks to do their jobs. Writing in The Post, Fareed Zakaria tried to make sense of the partisan split over coronavirus restrictions, describing […] Read more »
Claims of ideological bias among the media may be overblown
U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters during a Coronavirus Task Force press briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 30, 2020. Madel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Hans J. G. Hassell, Florida State University; John Holbein, University of Virginia; Kevin Reuning, Miami […] Read more »