Trump-Biden rematch still too close to call | Ranked choice poll examines GOP field | Partisan views on COVID vax harden post-pandemic | Where Americans are on mental health | How Do Americans Feel About Politics? ‘Disgust Isn’t a Strong Enough Word’ | Centrist GOP effort to reinstate McCarthy | […] Read more »
OPINION TODAY newsletter for October 6, 2023
America’s nonreligious are a growing, diverse phenomenon | RFK Jr could draw one in seven US voters in 2024 presidential election | US public support declines for arming Ukraine | Gender Gap in Black Adults’ Perceptions of Local Policing | Border debate shifts as Biden is confronted with anger — […] Read more »
Often in error but still seductive: Why we can’t quit election polls
Polls showed Joe Biden, right, holding double-digit leads over Donald Trump, left, in the run-up to the 2020 election, but he won election by only 4.5 percentage points. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File W. Joseph Campbell, American University School of Communication Their record is uneven. They misfired in one way or […] Read more »
Why ‘Middle-class Joe’ Biden may need upscale voters more than ever in 2024
Throughout his political career, President Joe Biden has unfailingly presented himself as a product – and champion – of the middle class. As president, he has relentlessly touted his economic plan as a “blue-collar blueprint” to rebuild America and highlighted the number of new jobs tied to his signature policy […] Read more »
As Clarence Thomas faces record unpopularity, Americans want an ethics code for the Supreme Court
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ended a monthslong saga last week by officially disclosing trips paid for by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. The incident brought to light a key fact: Unlike other federal courts and the executive and legislative branches, the US Supreme Court does not have a formal ethics […] Read more »
Why Biden Just Can’t Shake Trump in the Polls
Like so many bands of wind and rain, hurricane-strength squalls of bad news have battered former President Donald Trump all year. Since April, he’s been indicted four times, on 91 separate felony charges, compared with zero counts for all of his White House predecessors. … President Joe Biden, by contrast, […] Read more »