ICYMI: Check out Dr. Ron Faucheux's conversation with Susan Eisenhower of the Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College discussing our nation’s increased polarization, the 2020 election, and the uncertain impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on voting ...
Will Donald Trump be reelected? That question demands one of those complicated “on the one hand” and “on the other hand” answers that most people hate and pundits love. It’s why Harry Truman said he preferred one-armed economists — so the...
ICYMI: Check out Ron Faucheux's thoughts on who will be Joe Biden's running mate for the 2020 Presidential election. Who will be Joe Biden’s running mate? Given Biden’s age, voters will be tempted to view his vice-president as a future presid...
If anything comes out of the coronavirus crisis, it is the glaring need to tackle big, neglected issues. All five priorities are essential to our future. While none are perfect or easy to accomplish, combined, they can fix broken government, create j...
Politics is filled with truisms that aren’t true. Let’s look at some of them...“The only poll that matters is the one on Election Day" the Democratic presidential primary race show otherwise...“All politics are local" that hasn’t been the c...
Michael Bloomberg is not what Democrats want, but he may be what Democrats need. None of Bloomberg’s signature traits -- 77-years-old, former Republican, billionaire -- are on the presidential wish list of most Democrats. What they want is an appe...
About this time in every presidential nomination contest there is talk of a brokered convention. As if on cue, we’re hearing it again. The thought of such a convention races the hearts of political junkies everywhere. It conjures the image of ...
Electability is Joe Biden’s calling card. Without that perceived advantage, his viability as a presidential candidate crumbles...While electability can be a powerful force––it helped George W. Bush, John Kerry and John McCain win nominations–...
Modern communication campaigns require customizing communication strategies for different target audiences. Elite audiences, professionals engaged in key decision making or with high awareness of industry developments are important target audiences f...
Before launching a marketing, public relations, or public affairs campaign, conducting an analysis of news media and social can provide valuable insights that help make the campaign more effective. We call this review a media audit. What is a Med...
Certus Insights has compiled an in-depth report that reviews the major trends on public attitudes toward the impeachment inquiry, including the latest polling numbers, trends in attitudes since the inquiry announcement, an overview of partisan attitu...
Two-thirds of voters have seen companies make anti-racism statements. However….A solid majority of voters nationwide––including majorities of all races and partisan persuasions––see anti-racism statements by companies as pandering, and not as genuine…. 54% of Democrats, 66% of independents, 70% of Republicans, 66% of whites, 58%...
In a new survey, 61% of voters are most concerned about protecting Americans from the health effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, while 39% are most concerned about the economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. By party: 82% of Democrats, 63% of independents and 34% of...
A new Economist/YouGov poll finds only 38% of voters approve Donald Trump's handling of the protests against the death of George Floyd. 57% Disapprove. By party: : 9% of Democrats, 32% of independents, 73% of Republicans, 41% of whites and 9% of blacks approve of...
In a new Wall Street Journal/Washington Post poll finds voters lean heavily toward a more activist government, 57-38. Five years ago, 50% preferred Statement A Government should do more to solve problems and help meet the needs of people...
See how Joe Biden's current lead breaks out across key demographic survey segments for the 2020 Presidential Election against Trump. ...
This result from CNBC is based on surveying voters in six swing states that Trump carried in 2016 by small margins––Pennsylvania, Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina and Wisconsin. It shows Biden leading these states in total by a point. These CNBC state-by-state results show closer...
The nation is split between these two points of view on those protesting George Floyd's death with the belief that most of the current protesters are peaceful, leading by a small margin. 63% of Democrats, 32% of Republicans, 37% of independents, 43% of whites and...
Average U.S. voters believe most of these activities are riskier than do the public health experts surveyed. However, public health experts believe the following are riskier than do average voters: Attending a baseball game at a stadium, attending an outdoor barbecue with about 20 people...
These two lists tell us more about potential VP candidates than most other polling measurements we’ve seen. That’s because we’re looking only at voters who have strong feelings about each contender––the kind of intensity that will most likely motivate voting for and against the Democratic...
47% in a Quinnipiac poll think it is very likely there will be a second wave of coronavirus infections, including 20% of Republicans, 64% of Democrats, and 48% of independents. In the Economist survey, 63% think there will be a second wave of coronavirus infections...