Biden remains ahead of Trump nationally on eve of conventions in NBC News/WSJ poll

President Donald Trump continues to trail Democratic challenger Joe Biden nationally as more than 60 percent of voters say America’s response to the coronavirus has been unsuccessful and just one-in-five believe the U.S. economy is on solid footing. Those are the major findings from the latest national NBC News/Wall Street […] Read more »

Voters Are Highly Engaged, but Nearly Half Expect To Have Difficulties Voting

As Democrats and Republicans prepare for their party conventions, a new national survey finds high voter engagement with the presidential campaign – and a record share saying it “really matters” who wins in November when it comes to making progress on important national issues. Yet the coronavirus outbreak continues to […] Read more »

Common Ground of the American People

Defying conventional wisdom about a polarized electorate, a report based on in-depth surveys of more than 80,000 Americans shows that majorities from both parties agree on nearly 150 key policy positions across more than a dozen top policy areas. The research suggests that Americans are eager for their elected representatives […] Read more »

Trump plays on fears in play for the suburbs

President Donald Trump this week sent a message to “The Suburban Housewives of America,” and in a single tweet summed up his strategy for shoring up support in communities critical to his reelection chances: Scare them. “Biden will destroy your neighborhood and your American Dream. I will preserve it, and […] Read more »

Down In The Polls, Trump Pitches Fear: ‘They Want To Destroy Our Suburbs’

President Trump has a message for suburban voters. And it’s not a subtle one. “They want to destroy our suburbs,” Trump recently warned in a call with supporters. “People have worked all their lives to get into a community, and now they’re going to watch it go to hell,” he […] Read more »