Michael Bloomberg, the latest to enter the already-crowded presidential candidate field, is spending more than $30 million of his massive wealth for the largest early-ad buy in presidential campaign history.
“We must get our fired-up Democratic base with us,” said Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota. “But let’s also get those independents and moderate Republicans who cannot stomach (Trump) anymore.”
We’re going to have a change in the governorship based on the vote of the people.”
The Trump campaign, which did not moderate despite the 2018 midterm defeats, signaled Wednesday that it would continue on the same track.
The surge of female winners that continued Tuesday was a troubling signal for the president ahead of his reelection bid, but it also revealed political shifts already underway.
Voters in suburban swaths of Kentucky and Virginia sided with Democrats, a trend that would complicate Trump’s path to reelection if it holds.
Democrats’ surging strength in the suburbs reflects the anxiety Trump provokes among moderates, particularly women, who have rejected his scorched-earth politics and uncompromising conservative policies on health care, education and gun violence.
The biggest known unknown for both parties may be how the ongoing impeachment proceedings will be viewed by Americans one year from now.
More than half of Americans, 55%, say they have an unfavorable opinion of President Donald Trump, while 40% say they have a favorable opinion. Eight in 10 Republicans have a favorable opinion, while nearly 9 in 10 Democrats have an unfavorable one.
Trump’s campaign manager called Twitter’s change a “very dumb decision. This is yet another attempt to silence conservatives, since Twitter knows President Trump has the most sophisticated online program ever.”