… The Biden campaign may well feel confident it has African American support. As Biden mentions often, he served as Barack Obama’s vice president for eight years, and Obama remains incredibly popular among African Americans. What’s more, black voters powered Biden’s political comeback in the Democratic primary, giving him a […] Read more »
Will 2020 be the year the RNC’s ‘autopsy’ was right?
At least once a year, I look back at the March 2013 Republican National Committee’s “Growth & Opportunity Project,” the party’s post-2012 “autopsy” examining why Republicans were falling behind in their battle against the Democrats. “Falling behind?” you might ask, after seeing the GOP sweeps of 2014 and 2016 and […] Read more »
‘Clear warning signs’: Focus group shows lack of enthusiasm for Biden among the young
Joe Biden is in no danger of losing young voters to President Donald Trump. But he faces a lack of enthusiasm among Millennials and Gen Z voters with the potential to decide his fate if they stay home or vote for a third-party candidate. Many of these voters preferred Bernie […] Read more »
Young adults, across party lines, are more willing to take climate action
… In 2019, we found that Millennials were more likely to say that global warming was personally important to them and more willing to engage in political action than were older Americans. In our latest national survey, we asked how Americans view climate activism and what activism behaviors they are […] Read more »
Biden Leads Trump in Key States. But Hillary Clinton Led by More.
If the presidential election were held today, polls in crucial swing states like Florida, Michigan and Pennsylvania suggest that Joseph R. Biden Jr. would be in position for a narrow victory. The disquieting news for Democrats is that at the same point in 2016, Hillary Clinton was in a better […] Read more »
Harvard Youth Poll: Joe Biden significantly leads Donald Trump
A new national poll of America’s 18- to 29- year-olds by the Institute of Politics (IOP) at Harvard Kennedy School finds that former Vice President Joe Biden significantly leads President Donald Trump all young Americans (+23), and his advantage among likely voters (+30) is comparable to what Senator Bernie Sanders […] Read more »