Early polls don't always foretell the fate of a first-term president. Does anything?
Presidential approval numbers, like swimmers, cause alarm if they stay underwater too long.
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This Is the First Presidential Debate Without an In-Person Audience Since 1960
President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump will turn back the clock when they square off on Thursday in at least one way: This will be the first general election presidential debate without an in-person audience in more than six decades.
A Look Back at Memorable Presidential Debate Moments
When President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump take the debate stage on Thursday, each will be on guard against a gaffe or looking to deliver a one-liner that could dominate the news.
Why presidents often struggle in their first re-election debates — and how Biden is getting ready
Life as the commander in chiefis "in a sort of protected bubble," says Alan Schroeder, a presidential debate historian. "It's four years of people saying 'Mr. President,'" a Democratic strategist put it.
A return to the roots of presidential debates
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Why Trump has an advantage over Biden in their first debate of the 2024 election season
Donald Trump may see a bump in the polls after the first debate because of a long-running trend: Incumbents tend to do worse in the first debate of the presidential election season.
Trump could see an easy win in the polls after the first debate — but not because of Biden’s age
Donald Trump may see a bump in the polls after the first debate because of a long-running trend: Incumbents tend to do worse in the first debate of the presidential election season.
Biden campaign tries to flip North Carolina ahead of tight November contest
The Biden campaign is now pushing to win North Carolina, a state in which Republicans have won 10 of the last 11 presidential elections.
Neil Goldschmidt, Portland Mayor Who Abused Teenager, Dies at 83
Neil Goldschmidt, a transformative figure in Oregon politics who as mayor of Portland in the 1970s reshaped the city into a vibrant, progressive, pedestrian-friendly urban area — a period when he was sexually abusing a teenage girl, he later admitted — died on Wednesday at his home in Portland. He was 83.