To believe Gov. Hochul’s tiresome claim that she’s committed to making New York more affordable, you also have to believe she actively opposed the policies driving up the cost...
Vice President Harris has ramped up her efforts to win over young men in the last days of the campaign, as former President Trump has show strong support with the demographic. Trump’s strength with young male voters has been a recurring narrative in the campaign's final months, though pollsters caution that some of these supporters...
The 2024 presidential race is focusing on the working-class voters, but the government's Current Population Survey data shows that the definition of this group is complex and often contradictory, and that the economic status and policy preferences of the working class often elude our intuition.
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said former President Trump “knows what he’s doing” with violent rhetoric about her on the campaign trail. “He knows what he’s doing. He knows it’s a threat to intimidate,” Cheney said on ABC’s "The View" on Monday. “Obviously, the intimidation won’t work.” Cheney’s response comes after Trump made comments describing...
Former President Obama once famously said when Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) speaks, the entire Congress listens. The South Carolina Democrat is one of the most powerful voices in Congress, and in many ways, he is credited for Vice President Harris’s ascension. Now, with just one day until the election, the race is still tight...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a final election-eve pitch to voters, explicitly telling his supporters “do not vote for me.” Kennedy, an independent who unsuccessfully ran a third-party presidential bid, has spent the latter half of the campaign stumping for former President Trump. Just before Election Day, he’s trying to ensure that the antiestablishment coalition...
Vice President Harris leads former President Trump by 4 percentage points, according to the final PBS News/NPR/Marist poll before the election. In their national survey of likely voters, Harris has the support of 51 percent of respondents, and Trump has support from 47 percent. The poll also revealed that among independents, Trump has a 5-point...
Despite claims of political polarization, the Democratic and Republican parties are unified in their temperament and values, with both candidates moving towards centrist positions on issues such as illegal immigration, gun control and trade.
Election Day just a day away, and many voters have already cast their ballots in what polls show could be one of the closest presidential elections of all time. Former President Trump and Vice President Harris are locked in a dead tie ahead of Tuesday. According to The Hill/Decision Desk HQ’s poll aggregation, both have...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected an effort Friday to allow an Amazon data center to tap into additional power from a nearby Pennsylvania nuclear plant. The decision could throw a wrench in efforts by large technology companies to secure so-called “behind the meter” power from nuclear plants as they seek to meet the...
Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley outlined the case for former President Trump in an op-ed targeting undecided moderate voters on the Sunday before the election. In her Wall Street Journal op-ed, Haley described the election as a choice between two candidates and argued it’s an “easy call” to back Trump over Vice President Harris....
Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz (D) declared Sunday that former President Trump is having a “thermonuclear meltdown” in the final days of the campaign, citing what he called “violent talk, paranoid fantasies and promises of retribution.” Schatz, who often posts his political observations on social media, suggested that the media is largely glossing over Trump’s behavior,...
Former President Trump on Monday threatened to impose a tariff of 25 percent on all imports from Mexico, which is the top trade partner with the U.S., unless the Mexican government curbs what he called an “onslaught” of immigrants coming across the border. “We’re being invaded by Mexico. But now we have a new president of Mexico....
