In April, the coronavirus pandemic was emerging as the hot issue playing out in campaign ads across the country. At the time, it felt like the once-in-a-lifetime national health crisis would dominate the news cycle for the foreseeable future. What was unforeseeable was another once-in-a-lifetime national crisis, this one caused by the videotaped killing of […]
Predicting election outcomes can be a fraught business. You don’t have to look further than the 2016 presidential race to see that. But for some races, one candidate has such an advantage — due to the constituency’s partisan lean, candidate quality, or other factors — that their path to office is nearly assured. Those are […]
Republicans lost an incumbent but gained some peace of mind as Iowa Rep. Steve King finally went down to defeat. He lost to state Sen. Randy Feenstra on Tuesday in the 4th District primary and by a wide enough margin to avoid the contest going to a convention. President Donald Trump carried the 4th 61-34 […]
In May 2006, The Raconteurs released their Grammy-nominated debut single, “Steady, As She Goes.” In May 2020, presidential polling followed that advice. Joe Biden maintains a steady national lead over President Donald Trump, while new state polls still show a tight race in key battlegrounds. By discussing one-off surveys and comprehensive aggregates alike, this Presidential […]