Is the Trump presidency a threat to constitutional democracy? … Americans largely agree on which principles of democracy matter most, but they are deeply divided over whether these principles are being violated or upheld. These divides have grown deeper in the past two years — leaving only a few principles […] Read more »
Name recognition is key and four other takeaways from our Iowa poll
The latest CNN/Des Moines Register/MediaCom 2020 Iowa poll shows former Vice President Joe Biden continuing to lead the pack with 27% and Sen. Bernie Sanders close behind with 25%. Sanders is up from our last poll, though the relative order remains the same. No other candidate reaches double-digits. But beyond […] Read more »
The Six Wings Of The Democratic Party
There’s a lot of news right now about conflicts within the Democratic Party, and similar stories will likely continue to pop up for the next two years. Much of this is normal and unsurprising. The American political system has only two major parties, resulting in those parties being large and […] Read more »
The Empire State Weighs in on 2020
On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, we break down the latest NBC 4 New York/Marist Poll numbers. Do New York Democrats want a 2020 presidential nominee who is more progressive or more moderate? With which Democratic candidates would New York Dems be the happiest as their party’s nominee? We’ll […] Read more »
‘Not productive anymore’: GOP strategist on partisan divide
As the Trump administration prepares to release its 2020 budget proposal on Monday, Hari Sreenivasan sat down with Republican strategist Frank Luntz for some perspective on issues ranging from the battle between Congress and the White House, border wall funding, and how extremism on both sides of the political aisle […] Read more »
CNN Poll: The strengths and the weaknesses of the Democrats in Iowa
The latest CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa poll is undoubtedly good news for former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders as the two lead the large pack of possible contenders for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020. But the poll also reveals strengths and weaknesses for those two […] Read more »