A new Marquette University Law School poll in Wisconsin shows Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by six points among likely voters, 43% to 37%.
In the U.S. Senate race, Russ Feingold (D) leads Sen. Ron Johnson (R), 48% to 41%.
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A new AP-NORC poll finds just 27% of Americans support withholding federal funding from universities for noncompliance with the president’s goals or removing their tax-exempt status. “Sixty-four percent of adults…
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Vice President J.D. Vance downplayed the notion of a rivalry between himself and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a potential 2028 competitor, USA Today reports. Said Vance: “Not all. Marco’s…
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Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way and Daniel Ziblatt, writing in the New York Times: “We propose a simple metric: the cost of opposing the government. In democracies, citizens are not punished…
Associated Press: “The Justice Department unit that ensures compliance with voting rights laws will switch its focus to investigating voter fraud and ensuring elections are not marred by ‘suspicion.’” Save…
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Jonathan Chait: “Remember the days after President Joe Biden’s barely-coherent debate performance, when Democratic dead-enders insisted that nothing was the matter? That was embarrassing.” “But apparently it wasn’t so embarrassing…
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G. Elliot Morris: “According to my average of polls, 43.5% of Americans approve of the job Donald Trump is doing as president today, while 51.8% disapprove — for a net…
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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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