Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball catches up with our consensus electoral map and moves Arizona to Leans Democratic and Georgia to Toss Up.
The forecast now has Joe Biden at 290 electoral votes with another 85 as Toss Ups.
Save to FavoritesLarry Sabato’s Crystal Ball catches up with our consensus electoral map and moves Arizona to Leans Democratic and Georgia to Toss Up.
The forecast now has Joe Biden at 290 electoral votes with another 85 as Toss Ups.
Save to FavoritesA Morning Consult survey finds that 54% of voters approved (“strongly” or “somewhat”) of the verdict in Donald Trump’s hushed money criminal case. In addition, 15% of Republican voters, 8%…
New York Times: “Whatever rules Americans thought were in place are now being rewritten by Donald Trump, the once and perhaps future president who has already shattered many barriers and…
“Supporters of former President Donald Trump, enraged by his conviction on 34 felony counts by a New York jury, flooded pro-Trump websites with calls for riots, revolution and violent retribution,”…
“A major study of Donald Trump’s social media posts has revealed the scale of the former US president’s ambitions to target Joe Biden, judges and other perceived political enemies if…
“President Biden wakes up every day to a list of concerns he must address as commander in chief. He receives updates from his aides each morning on the war in…
“Now that former President Donald Trump is a convicted criminal, the Democratic Party finds itself wrestling with a choice that will help define this year’s presidential race: Should it try…
A.O. Scott: “The way to evaluate a political speech — I mean as a literary critic, not as a pundit or a partisan — is to examine how the rhetoric…
Wired: “The internet is a cesspool of misinformation, and the biggest blue-chip brands and their ad agencies are the ones funding it — by stuffing money into a Rube Goldberg…
Politico: “It’s easily one of the most dazzling feats of jurisprudence the nation has seen — and the sort of accomplishment that could launch him on a political rocket ship…
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds 10% of Republican registered voters say they are less likely to vote for Donald Trump following his felony conviction for falsifying business records to cover…
“I don’t think there’s anything to lose and a lot to gain, because I am convinced there’s a swath of people out there who are going to be very, very…
Todd Blanche told the Associated Press there was a chance Donald Trump might be sentenced to jail time. Said Blanche: “On the one hand, it would be extraordinary to send…
“I was shocked at how he took the verdict. He just stood there and just kind of took it. And I think had a lot of appropriate solemnness for the…
Associated Press: “It’s more than drugs and border crossings. As criminals take control of territory south of the border, the U.S. could lose its top trading partner and potentially strongest…
“After a day of holding its fire, the Biden campaign late Friday blasted Donald Trump as a ‘convicted felon’ — an indication the president’s team has decided to seize upon…
The latest episode of Trial Balloon is live for members. We began this recording just before Donald Trump was found guilty at his “hush money” criminal trial — and came…
“Embracing Donald Trump’s strategy of blaming the U.S. justice system after his historic guilty verdict, Republicans in Congress are fervently enlisting themselves in his campaign of vengeance and political retribution…
“As the nation’s electorate processed the felony convictions of Donald J. Trump, the partisan divide in the verdict’s wake did not look so much like opposing sides of a chasm…
“The jury that found former president Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony charges delivered not only a historic verdict, but an unusual form of validation for two historically offbeat and…
“President Biden’s re-election strategy rests in large part on reminding voters about the darkest days of Donald Trump’s presidency: the Capitol riot, a botched response to Covid-19 and violence driven…
Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.
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