Don’t cherry-pick the polls. The 2024 race remains close.
Political analysts like to hold up polls for the answers they give. But sometimes, they prompt more questions.
Political news from state Wisconsin
House G.O.P. Defunds L.G.B.T.Q. Centers by Banning Earmarks for Nonprofits
When Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee moved unilaterally last summer to nix federal funding requested by Democrats for three programs serving the L.G.B.T.Q. community, the normally collegial spending panel erupted in partisan strife.
R.F.K. Jr. Is 2024’s X Factor, New Polls Show, Fueled by Young Voters and Social Media
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is polling stronger than any third-party candidate has in decades, pulling in roughly 10 percent of registered voters across the battleground states as he saps support from both President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump, a new series of polls has found.
New swing state poll 'an absolute disaster' for Biden: CNN data reporter
CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten called new poll results showing Joe Biden trailing former President Trump in several key swing states calamitous for the president on Monday.
Wisconsin Senate plans to vote on overriding Evers vetoes of 36 bills, including PFAS funding
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans said Monday that the state Senate would be voting to override the governor’s veto of three dozen bills on everything from fighting PFAS pollution to doing away with work permit requirements for teenagers — moves that Democrats derided as desperate election year stunts.
Why Biden doesn’t sweat the polls — even when he should
President Joe Biden started his week on a negative note when a New York Times/Siena College poll showed him losing five out of the six swing states he won in 2020. The poll showed that while the race looks better when surveying likely voters rather than just registered voters, he still loses Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, even if he wins Michigan.
Donald Trump leads Joe Biden in five key battleground states, new polls show
Donald Trump leads Joe Biden in five crucial battleground states less than six months out from election day, new polls showed.
UNC board slashes diversity program funding to divert money to public safety resources
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As North Carolina’s public university system considers a vote on changing its diversity policy, the system’s flagship university board voted Monday to cut funding for diversity programs in next year’s budget.