Tim Walz doubled down on allowing COVID patients into nursing homes despite 81% of the state’s pandemic deaths occurring there

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz faced intense criticism for placing COVID-19 patients in nursing homes during the height of the pandemic, then doubled down on that decision even as a staggering 81% of the state’s pandemic deaths occurred in nursing homes. “This was not a mistake,” Minnesota Governor Said in May 2020The North Star […]
Migration Politics Boost Donald Trump in ‘Blue Wall’ Midwest States

Immigration is a top issue for voters in the battleground “Blue Wall” states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, as it was in 2016 when President Donald Trump won, a new Democratic poll has found. The New York Times. Immigration is the most important issue for 13 percent of voters in the three states, behind abortion […]
Harris support grows in key swing states

Vice President Harris is generally gaining support in key battleground states that she needs to win to win the presidential election in November. Harris turned the tide after President Biden struggled to beat former President Trump in seven key electoral contests. Several recent polls have shown Harris leading in key battleground states, or at least […]
Kamala Harris inches ahead of Donald Trump in all but two battleground states: poll

Vice President Kamala Harris is either ahead of or tied with former President Donald Trump in all but one battleground state, and her support is on the rise, a new poll has found. On average, Harris led Trump 48% to 47% in the top seven battleground states, and outperformed Trump in Georgia and Nevada, where […]
Harris narrowly leads Trump in nearly all battleground states: Cook poll

Vice President Harris continues to turn the tide in the 2024 presidential election after President Biden dropped out last month, leading or tied with former President Trump in six of seven battleground states, according to a new poll. of New Research According to the Cook Political Report’s Swing States Project, Harris leads Trump by one […]
Kamala Harris bests Donald Trump in most swing states, new poll shows – live | US elections 2024

New polls show Harris outperforming Trump in most battleground states, widening the vice presidential lead. Good morning, readers of the American Politics Blog. Since she was inaugurated as the Democratic presidential candidate at the end of last month, Kamala Harris Among voters Joe Biden That was never the case when he gave up his bid […]
Most women oppose leaving abortion laws to the states, across party lines: poll

A new poll finds that three-quarters of women of reproductive age in the United States oppose states deciding whether abortion is legal, including majorities of Democrats and independents. At least half of women ages 18 to 49, regardless of party, said they oppose a state-by-state approach, according to a poll released Wednesday by health policy […]
MAP: These 27 states at 'very high' COVID wastewater levels
(NEXSTAR) – If it feels like a lot of people you know suddenly have COVID-19, you’re not alone: New testing has found that more than half of U.S. states are now at the highest possible level for detecting SARS-CoV-2. As data from Americans and local governments became less reliable, experts at the Centers for Disease […]
Popular GOP governor’s Dem challenger revealed in deep-blue state’s primary

Democrat Esther Charleston was announced as the winner of Vermont’s gubernatorial primary on Tuesday night, setting her up to face off against the heavily Democratic state’s Republican governor. The election was won by Charlestine, an educator and first-generation Haitian American, who defeated computer scientist Peter Duval on Tuesday. The current governor, Republican Phil Scott, is […]
Democrats blanket swing states with billboards comparing Trump’s ‘weird campaign,’ with Harris’ ‘vision’

The next time you’re stuck in traffic in a battleground state, you might look up and see the smiling faces of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz juxtaposed with the frowning faces of Donald Trump and J.D. Vance. That’s because the Democratic National Committee has purchased 80 billboards in seven battleground states to pit the two […]