In the coming weeks and months, the Playbook team will be out covering the key districts and states that will decide the outcome of the midterm elections. This week, co-author Ryan Lizza was in Las Vegas to interview John Anzalone, who is best known as President Joe Biden’s pollster, but […] Read more »
All things inflation
Inflation keeps ticking upwards, hitting 8.5.% in March, the highest it’s been in 40 years. Wages might be rising, but the gains are largely canceled out by inflationary pressures. At the same time, people aren’t experiencing inflation the same way. Less affluent Americans are more likely to put their money […] Read more »
What’s missing from Biden on Ukraine
… A recent Quinnipiac poll showed 39 percent approved of Biden’s handling of Ukraine, with 48 percent disapproving. Another poll in the middle of March pegged those numbers at 36 percent and 52 percent, respectively. … Biden’s approval has sagged despite Ukraine’s having fared better than many predicted — holding […] Read more »
It’s Still Trump’s Party
The month of May is a consequential one for former President Donald Trump. In the twelve states that hold primaries that month, the former president has endorsed Republican candidates for Governor, Senate, and/or House in all but two. … At the end of the month, most of the attention will […] Read more »
Californians hold mixed views of the job Biden is doing as President
California voters offer a mixed assessment of the job Joe Biden is doing as President. The latest Berkeley IGS Poll finds 50% of the state’s voters approving of the President’s performance, while 46% disapprove. This represents a slight improvement in voter appraisals from two months ago when 47% approved and […] Read more »
Biden Job Approval Down Most Among Younger Generations
Joe Biden’s recent job approval ratings, which are averaging 14 points lower than those early in his presidency, have declined far more among younger than older generations of Americans. In fact, Biden’s job approval has changed relatively little among baby boomers and not at all among traditionalists. As a result, […] Read more »