With caucus and primary season around the corner, it’s only a matter of time until candidates shift gears and begin expanding their campaigns in battleground states. Come November, voters in states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin will play a critical role in determining what party will take the White […] Read more »
What Voters Want in 2020
A few months ago, I did my best Frank Luntz impression with four different focus groups of swing voters in states that will help decide the 2020 election. This was a project for the second season of The Wilderness, a podcast I host about how the Democratic Party can win […] Read more »
Where Impeachment Crosses Party Lines, but Fixates on Trump
Treacy Broadhead, a registered Republican, has voted in recent years for all of her party’s candidates for office, save one: Donald J. Trump. “This particular president, I don’t agree with at all,’’ she said on Wednesday as the House of Representatives moved toward a historic impeachment vote. “I think the […] Read more »
Three reasons why the Democrats’ Blue Wall crumbled
The story of why Democrats lost in 2016 has been dissected by journalists, activists and politicians since the moment Donald Trump won, with an array of explanations offered for what went wrong for the party. But one indisputable fact is that had Democrats won in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan, President […] Read more »
Firehouse/Optimus: President Trump Well-Positioned Against Leading Democratic Contenders
… As the impeachment process heats up in Washington, Donald Trump is seeing a boost in support in crucial swing states. Across the board, President Trump is polling well against the Democratic field in each of these battleground states. Notably, Vice President Biden has seen a sharp decline in support […] Read more »
Impeachment: The View From Swing States
NPR’s Don Gonyea discusses attitudes towards impeachment in three swing states — Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan — with pollster Charles Franklin, and journalists Salena Zito and Rochelle Riley. Don Gonyea, All Things Considered, NPR Read more »