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Alan Abramowitz: "Part of former President Trump’s relatively strong polling against President Biden in both national and state polls is surprisingly robust support from Black voters.""However, the Black vote has been overwhelmingly Democratic in presidential elections for more than a half cen

In Florida, thousands of intellectually and developmentally disabled residents qualify for community and home-based services but do not receive them. They’ve been on a wait list for years. And advocates say the longer families wait, the more it could compromise their health and cost all of us. 

As the South Carolina Republican primary approaches, the evidence is growing that Nikki Haley’s coalition is almost certainly not large enough to deny Donald Trump the GOP presidential nomination. But evidence is also accumulating that her coalition is more than large enough to deny Trump the White House in a general election if her voters remain as alienated from him as they now say they are.

Young Arlington politicos across the political divide are closely watching Donald Trump's presidential bid and its potential effect on voter turnout this cycle. Young Arlington politicos across the political divide are closely watching Donald Trump's presidential bid and its potential effect on voter turnout this cycle.

Readers disagree with a guest essay that argued that he appeals to voters because he is one. Also: Poll on Biden’s Gaza policies; wealthy donors; soaring rents.

It’s even worse than it looks.

It’s even worse than it looks.

There’s a distinctly Trumpian quality to the self-justifications proffered by the fundamentalist political scientists.

Youngest voters have been strongly Democratic in recent elections, but the president also has clear weaknesses with that group.KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— Recent 2024 presidential polling has shown President Biden performing poorly with young voters.— The 18-29 voting bloc has been reliably Democratic leaning for at least the last several presidential elections.— Biden’s weakness with young voters is not new, despite doing well among the group in the 2020 general election.

There is Trump, there are wannabe Trumps, and then there is Nikki Haley -- the sole woman in the Republican presidential field and now on the cusp of consolidating second place after showing there may be another way than simply aping the main man.The only woman in the field, Haley has notched strong debate performances and attracted robust fundraising, all while sidestepping her male counterparts' fixation on masculinity.