Democratic candidate Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by a 53-43 percent margin, in a Fox News national survey of likely voters conducted after a combative debate and the president testing positive for coronavirus. Biden’s 10-point advantage is up from a 5-point lead last month. … Coronavirus and the economy […] Read more »
Economy Tops Voters’ List of Key Election Issues
As the nation remains in a pandemic-induced recession, U.S. registered voters say the economy is the most important issue of 16 that may potentially affect their choice for president. Nearly nine in 10 registered voters consider the presidential candidates’ positions on the economy “extremely” (44%) or “very” (45%) important to […] Read more »
GOP faces reckoning over Trump’s virus strategy, diagnosis
President Donald Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis was a moment of reckoning for his Republican Party, whose leaders largely adopted his strategy of playing down the disease but are now confronted with a stark political nightmare a month from Election Day. … “It’s challenging,” said Glen Bolger, a Republican pollster active in […] Read more »
Trump’s Illness Makes It Clear: This Election Was Always About the Virus
The 2020 election was always going to end like this. Perhaps not precisely like this. Perhaps not with the president and the first lady contracting the coronavirus, along with the head of the Republican National Committee and members of the White House staff. Perhaps not with the campaign calendar thrown […] Read more »
The Supreme Court, the election and coronavirus are on Americans’ minds heading into Tuesday’s debate
Two developments in the presidential race in the past week have grabbed Americans’ attention: the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to sit on the Supreme Court and President Donald Trump’s refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power. Alongside these two stories, coronavirus remained a frequently-mentioned topic for both […] Read more »
Tight races in Georgia and North Carolina, while Supreme Court is another factor
Voters say the Supreme Court vacancy has added to the already high stakes of the presidential election. In the battlegrounds of Georgia and North Carolina, most say it makes the election feel even more important — it’s one more factor in an election in which most voters from both parties […] Read more »