Key Points• We don’t really think President Trump can win New Mexico, where he campaigned earlier this week. But he’s wise to try to expand the map.• While presidents who lose reelection historically don’t win states they didn’t carry in their earlier victories, presidents who win reelection typically do end up […] Read more »
Trump says ‘no one loves Hispanics more.’ Looks like unrequited love, according to polls.
President Donald Trump said “nobody loves Hispanics more” at a rally Monday in New Mexico, but his overtures to Latinos didn’t get much of this electorate to swipe right in 2016 and polls suggest it won’t again in 2020. While the president assured the crowd that “we love our Hispanics,” […] Read more »
Trump Tries to Woo Hispanic Voters at Rally in New Mexico
President Trump opened a three-day Western campaign swing by venturing into blue territory on Monday in a bid to flip a Democratic state and demonstrate electoral strength among Hispanic voters despite his anti-immigration policies and messaging. Mr. Trump, at a rally in New Mexico, a border state with the highest […] Read more »
Poll shows strong support for public lands protections, unpopularity of Trump administration’s ‘energy dominance’ agenda
The ninth annual Colorado College State of the Rockies Project Conservation in the West Poll released today shows voters in the Mountain West continue to support efforts to keep public lands protected and accessible, putting them at odds with the Trump administration’s “energy dominance” agenda. The poll surveyed the views […] Read more »
Poll shows growing influence of ‘Outdoor Voting Bloc’ in Western swing states
A new Winning the West 2018 poll released today by the Center for Western Priorities shows the growing influence of the “Outdoor Voting Bloc” in Mountain West swing states. The Winning the West 2018 poll — conducted for the second consecutive election cycle in Colorado, Montana and Nevada, and for […] Read more »
Democrats Seem to Pass the Top-Two Test
While final results will not be available for weeks, Democrats appear poised to advance candidates to the general election in all of their targeted races in California. Based on a seat-by-seat analysis of House targets, we have thought the Democrats needed to squeeze an additional five seats or so from […] Read more »