RIO RANCHO, N.M. — President Donald Trump has done little to expand his base since it carried him to victory 2½ years ago. Until now.
Months after telling Time magazine he would “love to broaden” his core group of supporters, Trump appeared here on Monday for his first autumn campaign rally not tied to a congressional Republican candidate. This time, it was all about him and his ability to connect with new voters.
View the complete September 16 article by Gabby Orr on the Politico website here.
Washington Post-ABC survey shows a 6-point drop over a summer of self-inflicted wounds, trade warOn a day when voters in a reliably red North Carolina congressional district head to the polls in a closer-than-expected House race, President Donald Trump lashed out at a poll that showed his approval rating tumbling.
As he waited to see if voters in the Tar Heel State’s competitive 9th Congressional District will send a Democrat to Washington for the first time since 1963, he took umbrage at a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. That survey put his approval rating at 38 percent — down from 44 percent in June — along with a 56 percent disapproval rating.
The Post-ABC News survey showed Americans increasingly worried about the state of the economy and the president’s trade war with China. When asked about Trump’s handling of the economy, 46 percent said they approve; that’s down from 51 percent in July.
View the complete September 10 article by John T. Bennett on The Roll Call website here.
The poll also shows a schism between Americans’ continued positive ratings of the economy and fears of a downturn, with far more saying Trump’s policies have increased chances of a recession than decreased it.
WASHINGTON — President Trump heads into the closing months of the year before he faces re-election without a clear policy agenda and with an uphill path to achieving any major new accomplishments before he faces voters.
Over a summer dominated by his personal attacks on Democratic lawmakers, the news media and his trade showdown with China, Mr. Trump spent little time clarifying his positions on several important agenda items that could bolster his record.
And as official Washington returns to work, it is unclear whether Mr. Trump intends to focus his time and attention on his policy goals, or whether he will step into a full-bore campaign mode, escalating attacks on his political rivals and spurning traditional governance.
View the complete September 4 article by Michael Crowley on The New York Times website here.
Just a couple hundred people turned out for the event meant to help Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R).Don’t expect to hear much bragging about this crowd.
Donald Trump Jr., son of President Donald Trump, spoke on Thursday at a rally in Kentucky for Gov. Matt Bevin (R), who is running for reelection in a tight race against state Attorney General Andy Beshear (D).
Local CBS station WYMT reported before the event that “locals expect a memorable turnout.” And indeed it was, but perhaps for all the wrong reasons for Trump.
View the complete August 30 article by Ed Mazza on the Huffington Post website here.
Polls show President Trump losing women voters by huge margins, presenting his reelection campaign with a massive hurdle to overcome as he seeks a second term in office.
Perhaps most alarmingly for Trump, the president is losing support from the white women who were pivotal to his electoral success in 2016.
Exit polls and post-election studies found Trump outperforming Democrat Hillary Clinton among white women in 2016, a statistic that the president cites on the campaign trail to combat the notion that he’s struggling with a widening gender gap in support.
View the complete August 30 article by Jonathan Easley on The Hill website here.
Opinion polls are flashing warning signs for President Trump — and in some unexpected ways.
Recent national polls — most notably one from Fox News that incurred the president’s ire — have shown Trump slipping even among groups that have long been perceived as pillars of his support.
In the Fox News poll released last week, Trump was tested against four possible Democratic opponents: former Vice President Joe Biden and Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.).
View the complete August 21 article by Niall Stanage on The Hill website here.
President Trump on Thursday predicted that if he loses his reelection bid in 2020 the economy will “go down on the tubes.”
Trump made the remarks in New Jersey as he headed to a rally Thursday night in New Hampshire.
The White House is facing new questions about the economy as fears grow that it could enter a recession next year.
View the complete August 15 article by Brett Samuels on The Hill website here.
Donald Trump’s electoral college victory in the 2016 presidential race changed the way we talk about politics in at least two fundamental ways. The first is demonstrated by recent events in which the president retweeted a conspiracy theory and then defended himself by claiming that the person spreading it was a “respected conservative pundit.”
In the past, most of us would have found people like that conspiracy theorist to be laughable. But now we are forced to take them seriously because the man who occupies the Oval Office does. In that video clip, Trump goes on to talk about how the attorney general is investigating the matter. As we’ve all seen, Bill Barr is no stranger to conspiracy theories, so things like this are no longer a laughing matter.
In the past, most of us would have found people like that conspiracy theorist to be laughable. But now we are forced to take them seriously because the man who occupies the Oval Office does. In that video clip, Trump goes on to talk about how the attorney general is investigating the matter. As we’ve all seen, Bill Barr is no stranger to conspiracy theories, so things like this are no longer a laughing matter.
Environmental groups call Pennsylvania facility he visited part of a ‘cancer alley’President Donald Trump interrupted his summer vacation Tuesday to again court Rust Belt voters that helped deliver him the White House, espousing false statements and bold promises as he seeks a second term.
“The political class in Washington gutted … your factories,” Trump told workers at a new Shell-owned petrochemical plant in Beaver County, along the border with Ohio, another perennial swing state he also won in 2016. Trump also blamed other countries for American industrial decline, drawing cheers when he told the audience “they have been screwing us for years.”
The president — yet again — turned an official White House visit, this one ostensibly about energy policy, into a mini-campaign rally. He railed against Democrats’ efforts to determine whether he has violated the Constitution’s “emoluments clause” by benefiting financially through his hotels and other businesses while in office.
View the complete August 13 article by John T. Bennett on The Roll Call website here.
President Trump is ending a tumultuous summer with his approval rating slipping back from a July high as Americans express widespread concern about the trade war with China and a majority of voters now expect a recession within the next year, according to a new