Mostly agreed. One caveat I'd say is voters' view of Trump's corruption/incompetence seem to matter as well. I think if an otherwise normal politician was suffering under a similar crisis and even a … (View Post)

Perhaps this is what they're thinking. The problem with such a plan is that it would not be effective. Or, at least, it would be less effective than getting people money in the late summer/early fall… (View Post)

I'd really like to zero in on this part. It just makes no sense to me. It's obviously clear that the pandemic is here to stay in the US for far longer than initially anticipated. And so you'd think a… (View Post)

Lotta well said stuff here. A second factor to remember about polling is that congressional Republicans did well in 2016. They outperformed Trump, they won the national popular vote. And polling back… (View Post)

Even though I'm extremely confident on the presidential race, I have no problem with Democrats publicly downplaying their position. As you say, it's good politics. But it's also critical for the race… (View Post)