Bernie Sanders may have endorsed Joe Biden, but almost a quarter of the Vermont senator’s supporters aren’t jumping on board just yet, according to a new poll. Nearly 1 in 4 Sanders supporters (22%) said they would vote for a third party candidate, vote for President Donald Trump, not vote […] Read more »
Who thinks Trump is ‘honest and trustworthy’? Fox News fans, and very few others.
Suffolk regularly asks people what their most trusted news source is, which provides a helpful, regular window into the differences between Fox News and non-Fox News viewers. It’s perhaps one of the most significant demographic splits in American politics right now, and the “honest and trustworthy” question bears out why. […] Read more »
Is Trump Slipping In The Polls Because Of COVID-19?
A slew of recent polling in swing states shows President Trump losing ground to presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew asks whether the narrative of Trump’s handling of the coronavirus crisis has already been cemented, and what Trump could do to […] Read more »
Republicans are relying on the Affordable Care Act to respond to the pandemic
For more than a decade, the Affordable Care Act has been the Republican Party’s nemesis. … But the coronavirus pandemic’s fast-moving destruction has pushed Republicans to rely on Barack Obama’s signature law to respond to the crisis, even taking action to strengthen it. … Our research shows that this about-face […] Read more »
Does News Diet Influence Views Toward the News Media?
Americans’ news consumption habits are deeply polarized. Liberals tend to use a certain set of news sources; conservatives, another set. A recent series of Gallup/Knight Foundation surveys, including interviews with more than 13,500 U.S. adults, finds that polarized news media habits seem to have an independent effect on the way […] Read more »
‘Reopen’ protest movement created, boosted by fake grassroots tactics
Protesters seeking relief from lockdown restrictions, like these in Missouri, are being marshaled and egged on by conservative political operatives. AP Photo/Jeff Roberson Marc Ambinder, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism Many Americans have been under strict stay-at-home orders, or at least advisories, for more than […] Read more »