The claim that election fraud is a major concern with mail-in ballots has become the central threat to election participation during the Covid-19 pandemic and to the legitimacy of the outcome of the election across the political spectrum. President Trump has repeatedly cited his concerns over voter fraud associated with […] Read more »
Americans Split on Relationship with Russia
A new UChicago Harris/AP-NORC Poll being released in conjunction with the 2020 Pearson Global Forum shows Americans are significantly more likely to disapprove than approve of how President Donald Trump is handling Russia, and a majority of Americans say ties should be weakened with Russia. Results from the poll show […] Read more »
Trump’s Chances Are Dwindling. That Could Make Him Dangerous.
President Trump’s quest to win a second term is not in good shape. He entered Tuesday night’s debate with roughly a 7- or 8-point deficit in national polls, putting him further behind at this stage of the race than any other candidate since Bob Dole in 1996. … At a […] Read more »
How President Trump’s false claim of voter fraud is being used to disenfranchise Americans
… As the 2020 presidential election nears, it is becoming clear that the Trump administration and the Republican Party are not just looking at but heavily investing in the largely nonexistent problem of voter fraud. A New York Times Magazine investigation, based on a review of thousands of pages of […] Read more »
What Polls Say About the 2020 Race as Biden and Trump Square Off
… Chris Wallace, the Fox News host who will moderate the debate on Tuesday, has announced the six topics on which it will be focused: the Supreme Court, the coronavirus outbreak, the integrity of the election, the economy, “race and violence in our cities,” and the respective political records of […] Read more »
Trump Wants to Discredit the Election. This Nerd Could Stop Him.
The Fox Corporation these days reminds me a bit of America: The elites have lost control, and partisan noise drowns out almost everything. But there are pockets where traditionalists cling to fading norms. One of those pockets is a new office on the third floor of Fox’s headquarters on the […] Read more »