1 day ago · The American voters who matter most also remain highly transactional in their relationship with the president. With most voters locked in on their view of the president in either direction, …

Jan 9, 2025 · But there is a design behind this seeming dysfunction, and it reflects one of Trump’s strengths: He is a nakedly transactional coalition leader with few, if any, core beliefs. This enables …

Mar 20, 2024 · In 2020, I’d argue, Joe Biden benefited from both types of vacillating swing voters, the aspirational and the transactional.

Nov 7, 2024 · The economy ranked as the most important of 22 issues that U.S. registered voters said would influence their choice for president. It was the only issue on which a majority of voters, 52%, …

Nov 14, 2024 · For us, one factor was difficult to ignore: how closely voters paid attention to political news. We asked respondents how much they follow national politics across TV, radio, newspapers, …

3 days ago · Electoral math provides a silver lining for Vance despite widespread discontent with the Trump administration among Latinos.

5 days ago · The results of the 2025 elections put to rest the question of whether rightward shifts among voters of color and young voters in 2024 were signs of a permanent political realignment. They were …

Dec 2, 2025 · Ranked choice voting largely avoids the pitfalls of plurality voting, giving voters the power to express their true candidate preferences rather than being strategic.

Jun 26, 2025 · Changing vote patterns were driven in part by defections among young voters: 8% of Biden’s 2020 voters under 50 switched to Trump in 2024, while 4% of voters in this group went from …

22 hours ago · The American voters who matter most also remain highly transactional in their relationship with the president.