Donald Trump and Joe Biden participate in the second 2020 presidential debate held at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, USA on October 22, 2020.
Photo credit: Jonathan Ernst/File Photo/Reuters.
President Biden is trailing Donald Trump in several battleground states, according to a new poll from The New York Times and Siena College. Mo Eleisee, executive director of Georgetown University's Institute for Politics and Public Service, said polls this far from an election often don't represent the final outcome, but they should be seriously considered by candidates. He says it has the potential to reveal trends. For Biden, polls show he has weak support among young voters, nonwhite voters, and blue-collar voters. Biden and Trump have agreed to a series of debates in June and September, but could the president use a head-to-head setting to regain ground with these important groups?
The Democratic National Convention will be held in Chicago this summer. The controversial atmosphere surrounding the convention, including nationwide campus protests and anger over the president's support for the Gaza war, could lead to an incident similar to the 1968 Democratic National Committee riots, also in Chicago. There are also concerns that this may be the case. Are these concerns overdone? And with more protests, could Donald Trump emerge as the man who can end the growing sense of confusion among voters?
The focus of this week's 50-state series is Kansas. Mandatory diversity, equity, and inclusion statements are a growing legal concern for university lawmakers and administrators in Kansas and across the nation. Does mandating a DEI commitment mean forcing an ideology on faculty and students?
