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With both the Democratic and Republican conventions having been downsized and campaign rallies curtailed due to the coronavirus, the Presidential debates are likely to take center stage. The Committee on Presidential Debates has announced the final schedule of debates: The first debate will feature Trump and Biden and take place on September 29, 2020 in … Continue reading Debates will be pivotal

Several pieces of evidence suggest that the Presidential race has started to tighten. Perhaps the most visible evidence has been the change in the polling from Rasmussen. Rasmussen has a daily presidential approval poll and on Friday it showed that Trump’s approval has risen to 49% and that he is now tied in a head-to-head … Continue reading Presidential Race Tightens

It was revealed today that Democrats are planning a largely virtual 2020 national convention that will feature a handful of live speeches with as few as 300 actual attendees. Biden will make a prime time address and it was revealed that former Republican John Kasich may also endorse Biden. The theme of the convention appears … Continue reading COVID Politics

President Trump has lately been speaking about a “silent majority.” Asked at the White House about polls showing Biden winning easily in November, Trump said that there was a “silent majority like you have never seen before.” Most pollsters dismiss such talk as foolishness and say that Biden is on his way to a landslide … Continue reading Is there a “silent majority” of Trump voters?

With polls suggesting that Biden is likely to defeat Trump, we thought we would look at party registration trends in three battle ground stakes and compare them to 2016 to see what we can learn. The overall picture seems somewhat mixed and suggests that 2020 will be similar to 2016. Here is what we found: … Continue reading Party Registration Update: Republicans gain in PA and FL, Democrats improve in NH

Locking down the economy has highlighted a number of interesting priorities among our politicians. During the initial lockdown, many small businesses (barber shops, hairdressers, restaurants, etc) were shut down but liquor stores were deemed to be essential services. Now, there is a growing debate over whether to re-open our schools and universities. President Trump has … Continue reading Casinos Open but Schools and Sports Shut?

Today, President Trump went on record that he wants our nation’s schools and universities to re-open this Fall. Tweeting online, Trump stated that “Corrupt Joe Biden and the Democrats don’t want to open schools in the Fall for political reasons, not for health reasons! They think it will help them in November. Wrong, the people … Continue reading Trump calls for opening schools and universities … while Biden supports the lockdown

Friday’s Jobs Report brought welcome news to the nation and President Trump. The economy added 4.8 million jobs in June and the nation’s unemployment rate fell 2.2% to 11.1%. That’s still much too high, but at least its a step in the right direction. The report came as a shock to many of the political … Continue reading Jobs Report boosts Trump

Yesterday, we had primaries held in Utah, Colorado and Oklahoma. Many of the results trickled in late in the evening, so we offer our thoughts today. Let’s start with Utah where Republicans are picking a congressional candidate in Utah 4th district to run against the Democratic incumbent Ben McAdams. Republicans selected Burgess Owens, a former … Continue reading June 30th Primary Results

Back in May, we wrote about California’s 25th Congressional district special election where Republican Mike Garcia captured a Democratic seat in convincing fashion. Well, today we want to look more closely at what occurred last week in New York’s 27th congressional district. This district consists of various suburbs outside of Buffalo. The district has leaned … Continue reading NY #27 Gives More Hope to Republicans