Since leaving office, former President Barack Obama has experienced a boost in public opinion, and his post-presidency approval rating is especially strong among Democrats. That popularity could make him a powerful surrogate on the 2020 campaign trail, and he has been meeting with many of the Democrats who are or […] Read more »
Trump May Have an Unlikely Re-election Ally
Donald Trump’s low approval ratings have attracted a crush of Democrats vying to make him a one-term president. But he might have an unlikely ally in his re-election bid: Democrats’ mess of a primary system. … A brokered convention wasn’t a grave concern for Democrats in 2008 or 2016, because […] Read more »
The capitalism vs. socialism debate: Bring it on
Capitalism vs. socialism. It sounds like a debate topic better suited to a ’60s Berkley lecture hall than a 21st-century presidential campaign taking place in a robust, capitalist economy. … The latest survey by Winning the Issues (Feb. 28-March 1) asked people to choose which economic system — capitalism or […] Read more »
No Hate Left Behind
A recent survey asked Republicans and Democrats whether they agreed with the statement that members of the opposition party “are not just worse for politics — they are downright evil.” The answers, published in January in a paper, “Lethal Mass Partisanship,” were startling, but maybe they shouldn’t have been. CONT. […] Read more »
The Biden Paradox, and How to Solve It
Joe Biden, apparently on the cusp of declaring his third run for the White House, is caught in a paradox that might be without precedent in modern American presidential politics. Nearly everyone thinks he can beat Donald Trump. At the same time, no one thinks he’ll get the chance to […] Read more »
Trump says Jews are leaving the Democratic Party. It’s not true.
President Donald Trump claims that Jewish Americans, who are traditionally staunch supporters of the Democratic Party, are leaving it. A look at the polling data finds, however, that Jewish Americans continue overwhelmingly to be Democrats and opposed to Trump. CONT. Harry Enten, CNN Read more »