He’s one of Poll Hub’s favorite guests. Harry Enten, Senior Writer and Analyst for CNN Politics, is back on the podcast this week to discuss all things 2020. From the indicators he’s tracking to assess the Democratic primary field to the polls, prognosticators, and the unique impact social media is […] Read more »
Can Bernie Sanders really win over Trump voters?
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) walked onstage here Friday under a gray sky with occasional specks of snow and launched into a full-on attack against President Trump, labeling him a “pathological liar” in a state that was key to Trump’s victory in 2016. He repeated the epithet Saturday at a union […] Read more »
Black and white defines red and blue
Members of minority groups and whites in the United States often see the world through very different lenses, but politically speaking those differences are magnified by the blue/red divide, according to a new Pew Research survey. And that partisan split may be even more important in Washington. The Pew survey […] Read more »
Health-care law more popular despite Trump’s repeated attempts to destroy it
President Trump has begun a fresh assault on the Affordable Care Act, declaring his intent to come up with a new health-care plan and backing a state-led lawsuit to eliminate the entire law. But Trump and Republicans face a major problem: The 2010 law known as Obamacare has become more […] Read more »
Trump’s immigration policies have been a failure. Neither he nor Democrats have much of a solution to the current problem.
President Trump’s immigration policies have been a failure. His goal of sealing the border has come to naught, and a mass of asylum seekers has overwhelmed the system. Trump has sought to blame others, including the Democrats, for the problem. Democrats cry foul, but they too struggle for an effective […] Read more »
With Polls and Private Meetings, Republicans Craft Blunt Messaging to Paint Democrats as Extreme
Republican leaders are sharpening and poll-testing lines of attack that portray Democratic policies on health care, the environment and abortion as far outside the norm, in hopes of arming President Trump with hyperbolic sound bites — some of them false — asserting that Democrats would cause long waits for doctors […] Read more »