Key Points• Recent rosy polling for Joe Biden in the presidential race may represent an artificial sugar high for the challenger.• But at this point, Donald Trump needs to be making up ground — not treading water or falling further behind.• 11 rating changes across four categories of races (president, […] Read more »
Biden crosses 270 threshold in CNN’s Electoral College outlook for first time
Joe Biden is surging in the battle for the White House with less than four weeks to go until Election Day. In our latest Electoral College outlook, the Democratic presidential nominee crosses the 270 threshold for the first time this year. If you add up the states that are currently […] Read more »
Should news outlets stop making election forecasts based on polling data?
At this moment of great division in America, with tempers flaring and tensions high, let us gather together as a people, as a nation, and discuss the one thing we can all agree on: The Atlanta Falcons are hot garbage. … That the Falcons have this remarkable propensity for complete […] Read more »
New Senate map shows Republicans are increasingly vulnerable
Amid the constant political chaos of 2020, there have been a few consistencies. One of them has been a growing Democratic advantage in this fall’s congressional races, particularly the Senate. For Democrats, the potential for pickups is growing and affecting some places where a tight general election race is not […] Read more »
First polls since Trump’s positive test
The news is changing so quickly that even new polls seem woefully out of date. At this point, we’ve seen enough to say that the first presidential debate seemed to change the race slightly. But now the question is where things stand after the announcement early Friday of President Trump’s […] Read more »
At 46%, Trump’s Pre-Debate Job Approval Highest Since May
In Gallup polling conducted over the two weeks leading up to the first presidential debate, President Donald Trump’s job approval rating is 46%, its highest point since May. Although still short of the majority approval that incumbent presidents typically need in order to be confident of reelection, more Americans say […] Read more »