Bellwether Michigan county in the spotlight as parties angle for votes
Kristine Sparks, 47, a Harris voter who lives in the city of Saginaw, said she voted for Trump in 2016 and was disappointed. "I really wanted that change that he was promoting."
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Two abortion rulings could weigh into elections in Georgia, Texas
A separate poll from the Cook Political Report Swing State Project Survey puts the GOP presidential nominee at 49 percent to Harris’ 47 percent among Georgia voters.
Harris warns of ‘massive detention camps’ under Trump
A September NPR/PBS News/Marist College survey, however, showed Trump ahead nationally, 51 percent to 47 percent, among the bloc — a flip since the August version of the survey, which put Harris ahead,
Three campaign beliefs that need to end in 2024
Yet Republicans lost them by 2 points (47-49). This was after winning them in 10 consecutive elections with a Democrat in the White House.
‘How nice our criminals are’: Takeaways as Trump, Harris begin post-Labor Day sprint
Harris led in both Georgia and Nevada by a single point, 48 percent to 47 percent. They were tied in Pennsylvania. Harris had larger leads in Wisconsin (6 percentage points) and Michigan (5 points).
Tim Walz did not come across as a rising star nearly 19 years ago
Walz won by nearly 6 points, 53-47 percent, in the Democratic wave that swept his party into the majority by gaining 31 seats nationwide.
White House · 118th Congress
Trump’s presidential office hours were the shortest since FDR, Biden’s not far behind him
Eisenhower’s, at 3:47 p.m. Trump’s average last appointment was 5:13 p.m., making it the sixth-earliest. George H.W. Bush had the latest average end time at 10:44 p.m.
‘Roll the dice’: Three things to watch as Biden’s candidacy hangs in balance
(That’s a total of 47 years.)
A threat to democracy no one is talking about
In 2016, 18 percent of the electorate had an unfavorable view of both Trump and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; Trump won those voters 47 percent to 30 percent.
Democrats see big wins in local elections, look to 2024
Tate Reeves defeated Democratic Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley, 52 percent to 47 percent, in Mississippi.
‘Strongest economy in the world’: Aviator Joe is selling. Voters aren’t buying.
Paradoxically for Biden, voters have more confidence in Trump to improve the country’s infrastructure (47 percent to Biden’s 45 percent).
‘Pariah’ vs. ‘May be far worse’: Swing voters have a clear choice on handling Putin
Forty-one percent of respondents to an Economist-YouGov survey conducted earlier this month approved of how Biden was running U.S. foreign policy, with 47 percent disapproving.
With Mike Pence, the conventional wisdom might be correct
The website FiveThirtyEight has Pence’s personal favorable rating at 35 percent, while his unfavorable rating is 47 percent.
2022 Vote Studies: Biden gets wins despite slim majority
The Senate vote was close the first time in 2022, with the measure prevailing on a 48-47 vote and several absences. The second time, the resolution introduced by Sen.
Opinion · 118th Congress
In elections, a win is a win. And Republicans won
As a result, independents split their vote between both parties, and Republicans lost them by 2 points (47 percent to 49 percent).
Campaigns · 117th Congress
What the data shows about angry parents rocking the 2022 election
There was a slightly larger 7-point difference between how moms voted (51-47 percent for Democratic candidates) compared with women without children (55-44 percent for Democratic candidates).
Opinion · 117th Congress
It was all about the independents, again
What makes 2022 different is the fact that nationally, independents broke with past election behavior by voting for the party holding the White House by a slim margin of 49 percent to 47 percent,
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Too close to call? When is a dead heat really a dead heat?
On the other hand, when an incumbent leads 49 percent to 47 percent, the challenger needs to win nearly all undecided voters or flip voters who have already made up their minds to vote to reelect
Policy · 117th Congress
Food industry wary of mandates ahead of hunger conference
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 47 percent of U.S. adults 18 and older have hypertension, and 20 percent of people ages 2 to 19 and 42 percent of adults have obesity that can
Opinion · 117th Congress
‘What happened to your country?’: The poisoned well of the Trump era
Both figures are up sharply since 2016, when 47 percent of Republicans called Democrats “immoral,” and 35 percent of Democrats used that word for GOP members. “Dishonest.”