About half of Americans say the Senate should vote to convict President Donald Trump and remove him from office in the upcoming impeachment trial (51%), according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, while 45% say the Senate should vote against conviction and removal. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Read more »
Are the Sunbelt’s suburbs key to victory in November?
Jon Favreau conducts a focus group in Phoenix with Romney-Clinton voters. The Wilderness, Crooked Media Read more »
Parties see big demographic changes despite overall static split
The last decade was one of the most politically consequential in recent memory, one in which partisan divisions dominated. But under the surface, an enormous churn is redefining and re-sorting the two major parties. A look at the numbers helps explain the larger story. CONT. Dante Chinni, NBC News Read more »
Was Hillary Clinton a terrible candidate?
… On the surface, Clinton could be viewed as a more valuable candidate to Democrats than Trump was to Republicans, according to Inside Elections’ ‘Vote Above Replacement’ metric. She overperformed a typical Democrat in 19 states, while Trump overperformed a typical Republican in 15 states. CONT. Nathan L. Gonzales, Roll […] Read more »
Latino Democratic voters place high importance on 2020 presidential election
As the first 2020 primaries and caucuses near, the vast majority of Latino registered voters who are Democrats or lean toward the party see the 2020 presidential election results as of particular importance, and over half have a good or excellent impression of their own party’s candidates, according to a […] Read more »
Five myths about bipartisanship
It is common for Americans to rue the absence of bipartisanship. Even expressly partisan figures like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Trump have called for more cross-party collaboration. Former vice president Joe Biden has said that “no party should have too much power.” And there is even a […] Read more »