Key Points• Democrats, particularly at the presidential level, are maintaining or increasing their electoral strength in populated areas, but Republicans are strengthening their hold on more rural areas.• This tradeoff has led to a decline in the number of counties won by Democratic candidates since 2000, especially on the presidential […] Read more »
Biden’s approval rating has fallen. Pollsters say there’s one way to bounce back.
The honeymoon is over. And the fading Republican support was inevitable. But Democrats are alarmed by President Joe Biden’s decline in job approval among groups central to his base — most notably Black voters, Hispanics and women. Despite the slip in his job approval, Biden’s economic agenda remains popular in […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Most Democrats favor a bigger bill on social safety net and climate
As congressional Democrats negotiate the size and scope of a budget bill that could significantly remake the social safety net in the United States, a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS finds 75% of the party’s rank-and-file prefer a bill that goes further to expand the social safety net and […] Read more »
CBS News poll: Vaccine and economy fights driving tight Virginia governor’s race
The Virginia governor’s race is but one state contest, an entire year before the midterms. So why are the nation’s political eyes all watching it so intensely? Because, as our poll finds, it’ll turn on the very issues voters across the country are facing: vaccines and mandates, the economy and […] Read more »
Large Majorities Across Parties Favor Allowing the Federal Government to Negotiate Drug Prices
Allowing the federal government to negotiate with drug companies to lower drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries and people enrolled in private plans – a key cost-saving proposal in the Democrats’ massive reconciliation bill – is favored by large majorities across political partisans, even after they hear arguments from both sides, […] Read more »
‘The president’s decline is alarming’: Biden trapped in coronavirus malaise
In a focus group last week, Pennsylvania Democrats one after another articulated the issue vexing top White House aides, party operatives in Virginia and voters in Georgia: Why isn’t President Joe Biden’s diminished job rating rebounding? All nine participants from Tuesday’s session gave Biden C- grades or lower. And their […] Read more »