This should be an upbeat moment for Pennsylvania Democrats, desperate to deprive President Trump of a second term. In elections last year, two Trump-like Republicans running for governor and senator lost to Democrats by blowout margins. Four Democrats wrestled away Republican-held congressional seats, including Conor Lamb, whose victory here outside […] Read more »
NBC News/WSJ poll: 2020 race will be uphill for Trump, but he has strong party loyalty
A year and a half before the 2020 presidential election, President Donald Trump faces formidable obstacles in his bid for re-election, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Just four in 10 voters say they would re-elect him next year; 58 percent don’t think he’s been honest and […] Read more »
Reparations and Black Americans’ Attitudes About Race
According to a recent report in the Washington Post, at least four Democratic presidential candidates — Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Julian Castro and Marianne Williamson — in one way or the other favor the idea of African-American reparations. … My colleagues Jeff Jones and Mohamed Younis recently reviewed new Gallup […] Read more »
Democrats’ Two Roads to Beating Trump
Two distinct paths are emerging for Democrats to beat Donald Trump in 2020, each presenting different challenges—and perhaps demanding a different kind of nominee. The paths are through the Rust Belt and Sun Belt battlegrounds, which both parties consider most likely to decide the next presidential contest. New state-level polling […] Read more »
The Deepening ‘Racialization’ of American Politics
… Heading into the 2020 election, President Trump is prepared for the second time in a row to run a racist campaign. He continues, for example, to denigrate, in virulent terms, immigrants from Mexico and Central America. At the same time, Democrats are doubling down on a racially liberal political […] Read more »
Americans’ Support for Affirmative Action Programs Rises
At a time of growing dissatisfaction with the way women and minorities are treated in the United States, affirmative action programs — touted for decades as a way to give both groups a boost — are gaining favor with the American public. Sixty-five percent now say they favor affirmative action […] Read more »