… In conversations over the course of the past week, as the news and administration action on the virus moved quickly, Mr. Trump’s supporters overwhelmingly have said they trust the president and they trust whom he trusts. They are not, in large part, completely dismissive of the virus, the way […] Read more »
The Politics of Coronavirus
Coronavirus has caused the cancellation of major sporting events, religious services, and other mass gatherings. It’s even forced presidential contenders to rethink the way they campaign as people begin self-isolating. This week, Politics with Amy Walter takes a look at how the pandemic is reverberating across politics. CONT. Politics with […] Read more »
Biden has a solid lead over Sanders in Arizona primary: Univision poll
Joe Biden has a comfortable lead over Bernie Sanders in the Arizona primary and, if he is the Democratic nominee, he would beat Donald Trump in the state by a margin of 50% to 42%, according to a poll of registered voters conducted by Univision News and the Arizona State […] Read more »
How Biden’s Victory in Michigan Points to Trouble for Trump in November
Joseph R. Biden Jr. didn’t just win the Michigan primary this week. The turnout and demographic patterns of voters, from African-Americans in Detroit to affluent suburbanites to working-class white voters in rural areas, provided evidence of a broader Democratic coalition than the party mobilized in 2016, a powerful warning shot […] Read more »
Conservatives believe they’re battling to save America’s soul by supporting Trump
Conservatives are preparing to wage political war against Democrats by painting them as socialists — and therefore un-American. That’s what I learned from my research at the 2019 and 2020 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the largest annual meeting of conservatives in the country, which took place this year from […] Read more »
Will Coronavirus Shake Up the Political Stasis?
The one constant in these last three and a half years has been chaos. Almost every week, there is an event, issue or moment that looks as if it may upend our current political stasis or rattle the economy. But so far, nothing, not a government shutdown, nor impeachment, nor […] Read more »