President Trump said in his July 4 Mount Rushmore speech that American children are being taught that the people who built our country were not heroes, but were instead villains. The latest Fox News survey asks voters how they view the country’s Founders. Sixty-three percent see them as heroes, while […] Read more »
Biden leads by double digits as coronavirus takes a toll on the president
President Trump faces a significant challenge in his bid to win reelection in November, with former vice president Joe Biden holding a double-digit lead nationally and the president’s approval ratings crumbling amid a spreading coronavirus pandemic and a weakened economy, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll. The survey portrays […] Read more »
Pandemic surge damages Trump, boosting Biden’s White House bid
Public preference for Joe Biden over Donald Trump in trust to handle the coronavirus pandemic has soared since March in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, boosting Biden – along with other measures – in the race for the White House. Biden’s also advanced, nearly to par with Trump, in […] Read more »
How White Democrats Feel About Policies Aimed At Reducing Racial Inequalities
In recent weeks, public opinion on Black Lives Matter has swung significantly in favor of the movement, and people are taking the view that Black people face discrimination in America. But is there public support for policies that could address that discrimination? In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, […] Read more »
Joe Biden has an enthusiasm problem with Hispanic voters. It’s even worse for Trump.
In the 2020 Democratic primary, former vice president Joe Biden built his victory on votes from white moderates, African Americans and pragmatic Democrats. But Latino voters — particularly in California, Texas and Nevada — broke in the main for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). This appears to be a problem for […] Read more »
White Democrats Are Wary Of Big Ideas To Address Racial Inequality
… In polling both before and even since Floyd’s death, white Democrats have been fairly opposed to giving reparations to the descendants of enslaved people, an idea supported by a clear majority of Black Democrats. And on a wide range of other policy ideas intended to address racial inequality, white […] Read more »