When it comes to elections, polls are the most common tools we have to assess the state of the race, and there is no shortage of polls to look at and pick apart. National polls, state polls, direction-of-the-country polls, generic ballot polls, etc., etc. Based on the bulk of national and battleground state polls, it's easy to see why Trump is clearly favored to win the 2024 election.
Vice President Kamala Harris is looking to puncture negative perceptions about President Joe Biden‘s handling of the economy with an “economic opportunity” tour. Harris, who is on a tour across the country highlighting abortion access following visits to college campuses last year, will launch this series of trips next Monday with a moderated conversation in […]
Last week, NBC News reported that after months of feeling frustrated by the polls, Joe Biden is now expressing confidence that he'll beat Donald Trump.
Democrats are more skeptical about President Joe Biden than Republicans are about former President Donald Trump, according to a new poll. An NBC News poll found significant concerns among Democrats about Biden, with only 54% saying that “none” of the president’s vulnerabilities were most convincing, compared to 72% of Republicans feeling the same about Trump. […]
Donald Trump's polling among independent voters is tumbling ahead of the presidential election, according to a new poll.In March, it was confirmed that Democratic incumbent Biden will face the Republican former president in November, with both winning enough delegates to secure their respective parties' presidential nomination, teeing up a 2020 White House rematch.Since then, a number of polls have sought to predict the result of the presidential election. Some have suggested Biden is in the...
As I write, Israel has yet to respond to last week's Iranian drone and missile attack. The situation is fluid, but we do know that President Biden opposes an Israeli response. He's told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to escalate against Iran. "You got a win," Biden said to Bibi. "Take the win."
A new poll shows former President Donald Trump with a significant lead over President Joe Biden ahead of their likely November matchup. In the CNN survey that considers only the two candidates, Trump is polling at 49%, while Biden is trailing at 43%. When including independent candidates such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Jill Stein, […]
The big question now is what this report suggests will happen going forward. The worst-case scenario for the president would be for the economy to continue to slow while inflation stays elevated.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s independent presidential campaign is expected to affect the main matchup between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, with a new poll showing he may be taking more votes away from the latter. An NBC News poll released on Sunday shows twice as many voters who would support Trump in […]
Last week, Donald Trump made a surprise visit to a Chick-fil-A in Atlanta. During the visit, Trump was enthusiastically greeted by a largely black crowd of supporters, and ordered milkshakes for everyone. It was quite the visit, and a photo of him being hugged by a black woman went viral.
President Joe Biden sided with the union and said it was “vital” that U.S.
President Joe Biden received bad news on the economy just before his visit to Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday.Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that inflation has struggled to progress towards the central bank's target band and that policymakers need more "confidence" that inflation was cooling before they can lower interest rates. A delay in rate cuts could be a blow to Biden as it suggests that borrowing costs are likely to stay higher for longer, stifling areas of the economy...