Joseph R. Biden Jr. has built an early lead in the month since he entered the presidential campaign, confidently projecting himself as the Democratic front-runner and the candidate best positioned to defeat President Trump. But beneath the surface of a seemingly placid race is a much more volatile contest, as […] Read more »
Biden Maintaining Majority Favorable Rating
Former Vice President Joe Biden remains popular with Americans, with 53% viewing him favorably and 35% unfavorably. This is essentially unchanged from Gallup’s prior reading in February. CONT. Lydia Saad & Megan Brenan, Gallup Read more »
The Buttigieg Bump Is Fading, But He Could Surge Again
No one has ever ascended from mayor to president in one fell swoop, but Pete Buttigieg is trying to change that. And from mid-March to mid-April, the South Bend, Indiana, mayor’s position in the race significantly improved — he surged in the polls and garnered a sizable number of donors, […] Read more »
Biden Thinks Trump Is the Problem, Not All Republicans. Other Democrats Disagree.
As Joseph R. Biden Jr. made his way across Iowa on his first trip as a 2020 presidential candidate, the former vice president repeatedly returned to one term — aberration — when he referred to the Trump presidency. “Limit it to four years,” Mr. Biden pleaded with a ballroom crowd […] Read more »
A gay president? The majority of Americans believe the country isn’t ready
… A new Quinnipiac University poll finds that 70% of voters (including 86% of Democrats and independents who lean Democratic) say they are open to electing a gay president. The same poll also discovered, however, that only 36% of voters (including 40% of Democrats and independents who lean Democratic) think […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Biden solidifies front-runner status with post-announcement bump
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s announcement of a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination earned him an 11-point polling bounce, leaving him head and shoulders above the rest of the Democratic candidates. A new CNN poll conducted by SSRS after Biden’s announcement on Thursday shows 39% of voters who are […] Read more »