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Larry Sabato
2 hours ago: Sunday May 19 - 12:08pm
@ShawnDCstudent @HouseDemocrats They have to do something soon or the institution will drift into irrelevance.
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2 hours ago: Sunday May 19 - 12:01pm
@ytregaws And the colors. Well done.
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5 hours ago: Sunday May 19 - 8:41am
@TrueFactsStated You even used the same font and colors. Good job. Brought back memories, not necessarily pleasant.
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14 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 11:42pm
@DrEricDing No no, I wasn’t around then. My grandparents told me about it.
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15 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 11:11pm
For younger readers, this is apparently a play on President Nixon's 1972 reelection slogan, "Now More Than Ever". It was a follow-up to "Nixon's the One!", his 1968 slogan. The Watergate scandal gave a second meaning to both catchphrases. https://t.co/klZDsIkQp5
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16 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 9:55pm
@kayemcelle I don't know, maybe the first candidate to lose his/her campaign manager.
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23 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 3:09pm
@Coquii73 @JoeBiden I taught Tina Fey so I must ‘like ‘this.
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23 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 3:08pm
@johnizonline @JoeBiden @DrBiden As long as you don’t count honorary degrees.
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23 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 3:04pm
@1813Doncarlo I think you’ll get your wish.
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23 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 3:03pm
@manerdm Thanks but they did it themselves with unrelenting hard work.
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23 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 3:01pm
@lincarmelcita @UVA Been building for decades.
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23 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 3:01pm
@mannytabloid @UVA C’mon. Lighten up! (Get it?)
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23 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 2:57pm
@cjamesmay Good cause.
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23 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 2:47pm
@michaeljoneil Not to a cross, I hope. :)
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23 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 2:42pm
@ScottChalleen @JoeBiden Possible of course, but few presidential elections follow such a predictable script.
Larry Sabato
23 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 2:35pm
No one can say that @JoeBiden wasn’t energetic in giving his announcement speech. He didn’t look like “Sleepy Joe” to me.
Larry Sabato
1 day ago: Saturday May 18 - 2:18pm
Watching @JoeBiden launch his third White House campaign in Philly. This is a classic frontrunner’s speech. Which makes sense because he is, at least for now, the clear frontrunner. Singing Kumbaya for Democrats. Focuses squarely on Trump. General election mode.
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1 day ago: Saturday May 18 - 10:26am
Where's Waldo @UVA graduation? Hint: I'm wearing a cap and gown. https://t.co/JjhBUMyJyf
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1 day ago: Saturday May 18 - 10:13am
I think the balloons at this year's @UVA Graduation might outnumber the students. https://t.co/es3kPCfBKo
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1 day ago: Saturday May 18 - 10:07am
Always a special treat to be joined at Pavilion IV by families of graduating students. And the view's not bad either. https://t.co/Ec80TR1ahA
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1 day ago: Saturday May 18 - 10:01am
Beautiful morning for @UVA graduation. In a few seconds the Lawn will fill with excited students ready for the future. https://t.co/oDcC7R66Gz
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1 day ago: Saturday May 18 - 8:26am
@BruceBartlett Yes, there was a clear lineage from Perot to Tea.
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1 day ago: Saturday May 18 - 7:20am
Trump’s Staunch GOP Supporters Have Roots in the Tea Party https://t.co/9WYpcYXEKn
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1 day ago: Friday May 17 - 8:47pm
@RachelBitecofer @UVA @Pharrell @Center4Politics Come and join us!
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1 day ago: Friday May 17 - 4:17pm
RT @peterbakernyt: Trump asserts that sources in the media are fake. In the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s, he would call reporters and try to fake them out by pretending to be a media spokesman named “John Miller” or “John Barron” who would then talk up a real estate mogul named Trump https://t.co/JKooYYZgrM
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1 day ago: Friday May 17 - 3:13pm
"HAPPY" day @UVA ahead of @Pharrell's Valediction address. Many thanks to all our graduating @Center4Politics interns. https://t.co/WRUEvj6m3m
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2 days ago: Friday May 17 - 12:44pm
In assessing Bill Barr's "spying" allegations, keep in mind how fixated rank-and-file Republicans are on the "deep state". From our Ipsos-@Center4Politics poll: Over three-quarters of Rs (77%) agreed that a "deep state" is "trying to undermine Donald Trump’s presidency"
Larry Sabato
2 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 9:12pm
@gerrycanavan I get it. But Trump spent the 2016 campaign delegitimizing the election if he lost. Then post-election claimed voter fraud accounted for his 3 million vote deficit. He 'joked' to a GOP dinner in March that he liked the new change in China--Xi was made president for life. Etc.
Larry Sabato
2 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 7:47pm
@gerrycanavan One (and only one) goal of this survey was to determine the proportion of Trump supporters who would support a drastic action by Trump, one that has already been suggested by a key supporter. See other question about refusing to step down after losing.
Larry Sabato
2 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 7:38pm
@john_staver I understand & sympathize. But having read a million polls in my day, I think we could get at least 7% of the public to agree with almost any proposition. (A different 7% each time, maybe.) They may or may not have meant it. It's cost-free to lash out in a poll. It's anonymous.
Larry Sabato
2 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 7:34pm
@ShanChan_37 Only if he's unlucky.
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2 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 2:47pm
@MarcusEdelstein The side in the abortion debate that feels more threatened benefits at election time. Or so it has seemed since and including 1980.
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3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 2:17pm
@craasch @michaelpfreeman Several questions were designed to check the fealty of Trump's base--constitutional or not.
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3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 2:14pm
RT @CliffAYoung: Americans squarely behind basic tenets of contitutional democracy. New Ipsos/UVA poll. @LarrySabato @kkondik https://t.co/4FfbPykfnu
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3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 1:37pm
@chris_wiz @IpsosNewsPolls Never laugh too hard at any scenario these days.
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3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 1:36pm
@michaelpfreeman That is one of the responses that most interested us.
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3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 1:34pm
@einsteinboricua Way way too soon to say.
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3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 1:31pm
@PrestonBryant2 @IpsosNewsPolls The poll is much broader—take a look at the questions. And as part of it, we wanted to see how far the loyalty among the Trump base went. Or would you have preferred we do the umpteenth 2020 horse race poll?
Larry Sabato
3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 11:28am
@IpsosNewsPolls More at the link, including Americans' support for a lot of different statements that one could broadly describe as anti-establishment - https://t.co/4MXxOxxb11
Larry Sabato
3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 11:27am
@IpsosNewsPolls Overall, about nine in 10 respondents said that the “peaceful handover of power after elections” and “both parties respecting the results of elections” were essential for the “healthy functioning of American democracy.” https://t.co/4MXxOxxb11
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3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 11:26am
@IpsosNewsPolls By a 77%-16% margin, respondents did not think that the 2020 election should be delayed and President Donald Trump given an extra two years in office. Democrats said no overwhelmingly, 89%-9%, while Republicans said no by a smaller 62%-31% margin. https://t.co/4MXxOxxb11
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3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 11:25am
Our new poll w/ @IpsosNewsPolls - "Extended term for Trump? No way, most Americans say: Large majority of Americans support respecting the peaceful transfer of power" https://t.co/4MXxOxxb11
Larry Sabato
3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 10:38am
RT @kkondik: New @Center4Politics - @IpsosNewsPolls -- testing Jerry Falwell's suggestion about whether Trump should get an extra two years office, and support for small-D democratic norms more generally - https://t.co/8k2NMUD47z
Larry Sabato
3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 10:14am
@AdamShah1972 Voter fraud, you know.
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3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 7:43am
RT @jcbjackson: We have new polling out with @kkondik and @LarrySabato from @Center4Politics, finding that huge majorities of Americans (90+%) say respecting elections and the peaceful handover of power are essential for the health of our democracy. https://t.co/QkGuiLOFIl @IpsosNewsPolls
Larry Sabato
3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 6:33am
NEW CRYSTAL BALL POLL: Extended Term for Trump? No way, most Americans say. https://t.co/4MXxOxxb11
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3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 1:24am
@RD_Mullin @NYCMayor Deal.
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3 days ago: Wednesday May 15 - 9:36pm
@numbakrunch @NYCMayor Precisely.
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3 days ago: Wednesday May 15 - 9:36pm
@PeterJFordFLA Will do. So totally unacceptable in every way.
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3 days ago: Wednesday May 15 - 8:12pm
@johnizonline @NYCMayor Maybe after each TV debate, beginning this summer.
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3 days ago: Wednesday May 15 - 6:36pm
@kayemcelle @NYCMayor If you want to make history, you could streak.
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3 days ago: Wednesday May 15 - 6:24pm
RT @jackmjenkins: Alabama is now right of Pat Robertson on abortion. That is…quite a thing. https://t.co/GSXwvjuFUJ
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3 days ago: Wednesday May 15 - 6:20pm
@IAmKrishanPatel @NYCMayor Done. Send me your check first.
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3 days ago: Wednesday May 15 - 6:19pm
@JaniceAusten @NYCMayor Trump mainly. "If he can win the White House, so can I!"
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3 days ago: Wednesday May 15 - 6:13pm
@IAmKrishanPatel @NYCMayor Am I suing you or are you suing me?
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3 days ago: Wednesday May 15 - 6:12pm
@jaybennett1234 @NYCMayor I'll never stop rooting for 31, so we can name a flavor of Baskin-Robbins ice cream after each candidate.
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3 days ago: Wednesday May 15 - 6:04pm
I suggest, at no charge, this slogan for @NYCMayor: "Because no one wants to stop at 22". For his opponents I propose: "de Blasio is de luded". Again, no charge. https://t.co/nAqQqLVTqd
Larry Sabato
3 days ago: Wednesday May 15 - 5:20pm
We’ve mainly lost our ability to be shocked but the growth in anti-Semitism, in the USA and around the globe, is both shocking and nauseating. https://t.co/6Nau7yOsCL
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4 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 8:24pm
@Stella_Rouse As a million TV reporters have ended their stories: “Time will tell.”
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4 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 3:07pm
Pundit Bashing from The New Yorker Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, May 14th https://t.co/QhK5mVmNDO
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 2:27pm
Maybe the Insurance Commissioner has fraud insurance. By the sound of this he’d better. (Yes, innocent until proven guilty.)
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 2:24pm
BREAKING: Georgia Insurance Commissioner indicted in fraud case https://t.co/ZNZSRCIqUI
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 2:22pm
@NicolaLamb3 Possible but unlikely.
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 2:21pm
@stevenwwebster Steve, I just called Ted and he told me he doesn't want to be a colleague of yours, either. You left yourself wide open. The good news is, this will help you get tenure.
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 11:42am
@FootballExpert Impossible to say for sure but Buttigieg has qualities that would appeal to many Dems whenever he announced. Yes, he was also lucky. Luck is so underrated in these big races.
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 11:40am
@Dsquared75 @sairasameerarao Yes. Human psychology at work!
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 11:36am
@4GoodLove2020 Other candidates have already announced. I doubt they’d drop out to accommodate a latecomer.
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 11:31am
@HOUmanReporter Short answer: They don’t believe such a wave will happen, especially in their state.
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 11:30am
@Dsquared75 The Senate is a place where D bills go to die. D 2020 takeover looks difficult, at least now when pols make their decisions. You can make big history as President. Quite a contrast.
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 8:33am
@willsdahl That’s why he moved to Utah!
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 8:31am
@WVUCavalier Talking here about Bullock, Hickenlooper, Beto, and arguably a couple others.
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 8:27am
@pasracic @SyncPol The great thing about assessing the race this early is that almost every scenario seems possible.
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 8:24am
@pmiller1693 Easier said than done!
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 7:26am
@HoosLaughingNow You’re not naive. But you’re an optimist in an age that screams pessimism.
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 7:23am
@CoreyBMiles They both have beards. I’m easily confused.
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 7:15am
@VinceDaily Of course the GOP had 17 candidates in 2016 and fought like cats and dogs. So this can happen in either party.
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 7:10am
@sairasameerarao Well, Dems are the Senate’s minority party and right now it doesn’t look likely they can get a majority in 2020.
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 7:08am
@CoreyBMiles The Republicans have Jesus fully occupied.
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 7:07am
@tnofuentes Maybe. Lots of competition for that too.
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 7:04am
@CaffLibrarian After 2016 ambitious pols realize that just about anybody can be elected President if lightning strikes. They’re all wearing lightning rods, too.
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 6:59am
@JohnCBlairII Probably but it’s early and many twists and turns are ahead.
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 6:58am
@SyncPol We’ve seen that movie—“The Best Man”with Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson. A sequel is possible but unlikely.
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 6:55am
It says something about the Senate that so many Dems would rather undertake a long shot White House campaign than run for a Senate seat in their own state.
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 6:45am
Could Bullock carry MT? Impressive record in state elections but not transferable to a presidential contest. USA so polarized now that only in highly competitive states could a home-state support vote make a difference.
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5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 6:40am
Gov. Steve Bullock (D-MT), number 22 D candidate for POTUS, is a rare bird—elected GOV & AG repeatedly in a deeply Red Trump State. An unlikely D nominee, since positions on issues such as guns that help in MT won’t appeal to Blue State Dems (where the delegate votes are).
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1 week ago: Sunday May 12 - 1:50pm
Hey @JeffBezos, here’s the theme song for your new moon thingy. You can’t get it out of your head once you listen. (“The French Connection” used it.) The Three Degrees - Everybody gets to go to the Moon - French Connection - YouTube https://t.co/pxMRKpahA7
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1 week ago: Sunday May 12 - 1:44pm
@BadFoxGraphics It's Mother's Day. I'm trying to do what Mom always told me to do--way too late.
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1 week ago: Sunday May 12 - 1:34pm
I can think of someone who lives in Washington, D.C. who might be having a nervous breakdown--or may be forced to use his communications professionals.
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1 week ago: Sunday May 12 - 1:32pm
"Twitter is over capacity. Wait a few moments and try again." You mean there's actually a possible limit to vitriol on Twitter? Lower the capacity permanently!
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1 week ago: Saturday May 11 - 2:50pm
@TarynKincaid No, you're kidding!
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1 week ago: Friday May 10 - 10:51pm
@scott_mintzer Scott...Dude...It’s a rhetorical question.
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1 week ago: Friday May 10 - 10:31pm
Is there no limit to Trump’s narcissism? Independence Day becomes #TrumpendenceDay “Trump takes over Fourth of July celebration, changing its location and inserting himself into the program - The Washington Post” https://t.co/oGmHHlEnNI
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1 week ago: Friday May 10 - 3:06pm
@AndrewCFollett Some of the other candidates need similar PACs.
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1 week ago: Friday May 10 - 1:05pm
@Raving_Sanity Voters who'd like to see a mayor in the White House and haven't already committed to Pete Buddha-Judge.
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1 week ago: Friday May 10 - 1:01pm
@posglen You're so helpful. And I would recommend you.
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1 week ago: Friday May 10 - 12:51pm
@Will_Bunch I was the first to be shown the door. Good call.
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1 week ago: Friday May 10 - 12:48pm
De Blasio PAC Spends $30 Million On Ads Urging Candidate Not To Embarrass Self By Running https://t.co/9ZbHI5tleu
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1 week ago: Thursday May 9 - 8:55pm
Lots of incisive answers, especially about Trump’s constant lying, but Comey still doesn’t get it. His unwise decisions to go public on the Clinton email investigation in summer and then late fall 2016 cost Clinton the election. He can’t bring himself to admit it. #ComeyTownHall
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1 week ago: Thursday May 9 - 1:24pm
Ironically the first serious case of alleged Logan Act violation in my adult lifetime was Nixon interfering in and helping to torpedo LBJ’s Vietnam peace negotiations during ‘68 campaign so Nixon could win. Nixon was among the first to encourage Trump to run for POTUS in ‘80s.
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1 week ago: Thursday May 9 - 1:07pm
Hey, fact-checkers: Are there “hundreds of photos” of “best friends” Mueller and Comey together, as Trump just claimed? (I know which answer I’d bet on.)
2 hours ago: Sunday May 19 - 12:08pm
@ShawnDCstudent @HouseDemocrats They have to do something soon or the institution will drift into irrelevance.
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2 hours ago: Sunday May 19 - 12:01pm
@ytregaws And the colors. Well done.
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5 hours ago: Sunday May 19 - 8:41am
@TrueFactsStated You even used the same font and colors. Good job. Brought back memories, not necessarily pleasant.
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14 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 11:42pm
@DrEricDing No no, I wasn’t around then. My grandparents told me about it.
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15 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 11:11pm
For younger readers, this is apparently a play on President Nixon's 1972 reelection slogan, "Now More Than Ever". It was a follow-up to "Nixon's the One!", his 1968 slogan. The Watergate scandal gave a second meaning to both catchphrases. https://t.co/klZDsIkQp5
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16 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 9:55pm
@kayemcelle I don't know, maybe the first candidate to lose his/her campaign manager.
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23 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 3:09pm
@Coquii73 @JoeBiden I taught Tina Fey so I must ‘like ‘this.
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23 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 3:08pm
@johnizonline @JoeBiden @DrBiden As long as you don’t count honorary degrees.
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23 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 3:04pm
@1813Doncarlo I think you’ll get your wish.
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23 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 3:03pm
@manerdm Thanks but they did it themselves with unrelenting hard work.
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23 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 3:01pm
@lincarmelcita @UVA Been building for decades.
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23 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 3:01pm
@mannytabloid @UVA C’mon. Lighten up! (Get it?)
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23 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 2:57pm
@cjamesmay Good cause.
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23 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 2:47pm
@michaeljoneil Not to a cross, I hope. :)
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23 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 2:42pm
@ScottChalleen @JoeBiden Possible of course, but few presidential elections follow such a predictable script.
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23 hours ago: Saturday May 18 - 2:35pm
No one can say that @JoeBiden wasn’t energetic in giving his announcement speech. He didn’t look like “Sleepy Joe” to me.
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1 day ago: Saturday May 18 - 2:18pm
Watching @JoeBiden launch his third White House campaign in Philly. This is a classic frontrunner’s speech. Which makes sense because he is, at least for now, the clear frontrunner. Singing Kumbaya for Democrats. Focuses squarely on Trump. General election mode.
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1 day ago: Saturday May 18 - 10:26am
Where's Waldo @UVA graduation? Hint: I'm wearing a cap and gown. https://t.co/JjhBUMyJyf
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1 day ago: Saturday May 18 - 10:13am
I think the balloons at this year's @UVA Graduation might outnumber the students. https://t.co/es3kPCfBKo
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1 day ago: Saturday May 18 - 10:07am
Always a special treat to be joined at Pavilion IV by families of graduating students. And the view's not bad either. https://t.co/Ec80TR1ahA
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1 day ago: Saturday May 18 - 10:01am
Beautiful morning for @UVA graduation. In a few seconds the Lawn will fill with excited students ready for the future. https://t.co/oDcC7R66Gz
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1 day ago: Saturday May 18 - 8:26am
@BruceBartlett Yes, there was a clear lineage from Perot to Tea.
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1 day ago: Saturday May 18 - 7:20am
Trump’s Staunch GOP Supporters Have Roots in the Tea Party https://t.co/9WYpcYXEKn
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1 day ago: Friday May 17 - 8:47pm
@RachelBitecofer @UVA @Pharrell @Center4Politics Come and join us!
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1 day ago: Friday May 17 - 4:17pm
RT @peterbakernyt: Trump asserts that sources in the media are fake. In the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s, he would call reporters and try to fake them out by pretending to be a media spokesman named “John Miller” or “John Barron” who would then talk up a real estate mogul named Trump https://t.co/JKooYYZgrM
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1 day ago: Friday May 17 - 3:13pm
"HAPPY" day @UVA ahead of @Pharrell's Valediction address. Many thanks to all our graduating @Center4Politics interns. https://t.co/WRUEvj6m3m
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2 days ago: Friday May 17 - 12:44pm
In assessing Bill Barr's "spying" allegations, keep in mind how fixated rank-and-file Republicans are on the "deep state". From our Ipsos-@Center4Politics poll: Over three-quarters of Rs (77%) agreed that a "deep state" is "trying to undermine Donald Trump’s presidency"
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2 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 9:12pm
@gerrycanavan I get it. But Trump spent the 2016 campaign delegitimizing the election if he lost. Then post-election claimed voter fraud accounted for his 3 million vote deficit. He 'joked' to a GOP dinner in March that he liked the new change in China--Xi was made president for life. Etc.
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2 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 7:47pm
@gerrycanavan One (and only one) goal of this survey was to determine the proportion of Trump supporters who would support a drastic action by Trump, one that has already been suggested by a key supporter. See other question about refusing to step down after losing.
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2 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 7:38pm
@john_staver I understand & sympathize. But having read a million polls in my day, I think we could get at least 7% of the public to agree with almost any proposition. (A different 7% each time, maybe.) They may or may not have meant it. It's cost-free to lash out in a poll. It's anonymous.
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2 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 7:34pm
@ShanChan_37 Only if he's unlucky.
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2 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 2:47pm
@MarcusEdelstein The side in the abortion debate that feels more threatened benefits at election time. Or so it has seemed since and including 1980.
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3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 2:17pm
@craasch @michaelpfreeman Several questions were designed to check the fealty of Trump's base--constitutional or not.
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3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 2:14pm
RT @CliffAYoung: Americans squarely behind basic tenets of contitutional democracy. New Ipsos/UVA poll. @LarrySabato @kkondik https://t.co/4FfbPykfnu
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3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 1:37pm
@chris_wiz @IpsosNewsPolls Never laugh too hard at any scenario these days.
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3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 1:36pm
@michaelpfreeman That is one of the responses that most interested us.
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3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 1:34pm
@einsteinboricua Way way too soon to say.
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3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 1:31pm
@PrestonBryant2 @IpsosNewsPolls The poll is much broader—take a look at the questions. And as part of it, we wanted to see how far the loyalty among the Trump base went. Or would you have preferred we do the umpteenth 2020 horse race poll?
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3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 11:28am
@IpsosNewsPolls More at the link, including Americans' support for a lot of different statements that one could broadly describe as anti-establishment - https://t.co/4MXxOxxb11
Larry Sabato
3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 11:27am
@IpsosNewsPolls Overall, about nine in 10 respondents said that the “peaceful handover of power after elections” and “both parties respecting the results of elections” were essential for the “healthy functioning of American democracy.” https://t.co/4MXxOxxb11
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3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 11:26am
@IpsosNewsPolls By a 77%-16% margin, respondents did not think that the 2020 election should be delayed and President Donald Trump given an extra two years in office. Democrats said no overwhelmingly, 89%-9%, while Republicans said no by a smaller 62%-31% margin. https://t.co/4MXxOxxb11
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3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 11:25am
Our new poll w/ @IpsosNewsPolls - "Extended term for Trump? No way, most Americans say: Large majority of Americans support respecting the peaceful transfer of power" https://t.co/4MXxOxxb11
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3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 10:38am
RT @kkondik: New @Center4Politics - @IpsosNewsPolls -- testing Jerry Falwell's suggestion about whether Trump should get an extra two years office, and support for small-D democratic norms more generally - https://t.co/8k2NMUD47z
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3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 10:14am
@AdamShah1972 Voter fraud, you know.
Larry Sabato
3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 7:43am
RT @jcbjackson: We have new polling out with @kkondik and @LarrySabato from @Center4Politics, finding that huge majorities of Americans (90+%) say respecting elections and the peaceful handover of power are essential for the health of our democracy. https://t.co/QkGuiLOFIl @IpsosNewsPolls
Larry Sabato
3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 6:33am
NEW CRYSTAL BALL POLL: Extended Term for Trump? No way, most Americans say. https://t.co/4MXxOxxb11
Larry Sabato
3 days ago: Thursday May 16 - 1:24am
@RD_Mullin @NYCMayor Deal.
Larry Sabato
3 days ago: Wednesday May 15 - 9:36pm
@numbakrunch @NYCMayor Precisely.
Larry Sabato
3 days ago: Wednesday May 15 - 9:36pm
@PeterJFordFLA Will do. So totally unacceptable in every way.
Larry Sabato
3 days ago: Wednesday May 15 - 8:12pm
@johnizonline @NYCMayor Maybe after each TV debate, beginning this summer.
Larry Sabato
3 days ago: Wednesday May 15 - 6:36pm
@kayemcelle @NYCMayor If you want to make history, you could streak.
Larry Sabato
3 days ago: Wednesday May 15 - 6:24pm
RT @jackmjenkins: Alabama is now right of Pat Robertson on abortion. That is…quite a thing. https://t.co/GSXwvjuFUJ
Larry Sabato
3 days ago: Wednesday May 15 - 6:20pm
@IAmKrishanPatel @NYCMayor Done. Send me your check first.
Larry Sabato
3 days ago: Wednesday May 15 - 6:19pm
@JaniceAusten @NYCMayor Trump mainly. "If he can win the White House, so can I!"
Larry Sabato
3 days ago: Wednesday May 15 - 6:13pm
@IAmKrishanPatel @NYCMayor Am I suing you or are you suing me?
Larry Sabato
3 days ago: Wednesday May 15 - 6:12pm
@jaybennett1234 @NYCMayor I'll never stop rooting for 31, so we can name a flavor of Baskin-Robbins ice cream after each candidate.
Larry Sabato
3 days ago: Wednesday May 15 - 6:04pm
I suggest, at no charge, this slogan for @NYCMayor: "Because no one wants to stop at 22". For his opponents I propose: "de Blasio is de luded". Again, no charge. https://t.co/nAqQqLVTqd
Larry Sabato
3 days ago: Wednesday May 15 - 5:20pm
We’ve mainly lost our ability to be shocked but the growth in anti-Semitism, in the USA and around the globe, is both shocking and nauseating. https://t.co/6Nau7yOsCL
Larry Sabato
4 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 8:24pm
@Stella_Rouse As a million TV reporters have ended their stories: “Time will tell.”
Larry Sabato
4 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 3:07pm
Pundit Bashing from The New Yorker Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, May 14th https://t.co/QhK5mVmNDO
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 2:27pm
Maybe the Insurance Commissioner has fraud insurance. By the sound of this he’d better. (Yes, innocent until proven guilty.)
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 2:24pm
BREAKING: Georgia Insurance Commissioner indicted in fraud case https://t.co/ZNZSRCIqUI
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 2:22pm
@NicolaLamb3 Possible but unlikely.
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 2:21pm
@stevenwwebster Steve, I just called Ted and he told me he doesn't want to be a colleague of yours, either. You left yourself wide open. The good news is, this will help you get tenure.
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 11:42am
@FootballExpert Impossible to say for sure but Buttigieg has qualities that would appeal to many Dems whenever he announced. Yes, he was also lucky. Luck is so underrated in these big races.
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 11:40am
@Dsquared75 @sairasameerarao Yes. Human psychology at work!
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 11:36am
@4GoodLove2020 Other candidates have already announced. I doubt they’d drop out to accommodate a latecomer.
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 11:31am
@HOUmanReporter Short answer: They don’t believe such a wave will happen, especially in their state.
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 11:30am
@Dsquared75 The Senate is a place where D bills go to die. D 2020 takeover looks difficult, at least now when pols make their decisions. You can make big history as President. Quite a contrast.
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 8:33am
@willsdahl That’s why he moved to Utah!
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 8:31am
@WVUCavalier Talking here about Bullock, Hickenlooper, Beto, and arguably a couple others.
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 8:27am
@pasracic @SyncPol The great thing about assessing the race this early is that almost every scenario seems possible.
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 8:24am
@pmiller1693 Easier said than done!
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 7:26am
@HoosLaughingNow You’re not naive. But you’re an optimist in an age that screams pessimism.
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 7:23am
@CoreyBMiles They both have beards. I’m easily confused.
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 7:15am
@VinceDaily Of course the GOP had 17 candidates in 2016 and fought like cats and dogs. So this can happen in either party.
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 7:10am
@sairasameerarao Well, Dems are the Senate’s minority party and right now it doesn’t look likely they can get a majority in 2020.
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 7:08am
@CoreyBMiles The Republicans have Jesus fully occupied.
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 7:07am
@tnofuentes Maybe. Lots of competition for that too.
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 7:04am
@CaffLibrarian After 2016 ambitious pols realize that just about anybody can be elected President if lightning strikes. They’re all wearing lightning rods, too.
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 6:59am
@JohnCBlairII Probably but it’s early and many twists and turns are ahead.
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 6:58am
@SyncPol We’ve seen that movie—“The Best Man”with Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson. A sequel is possible but unlikely.
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 6:55am
It says something about the Senate that so many Dems would rather undertake a long shot White House campaign than run for a Senate seat in their own state.
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 6:45am
Could Bullock carry MT? Impressive record in state elections but not transferable to a presidential contest. USA so polarized now that only in highly competitive states could a home-state support vote make a difference.
Larry Sabato
5 days ago: Tuesday May 14 - 6:40am
Gov. Steve Bullock (D-MT), number 22 D candidate for POTUS, is a rare bird—elected GOV & AG repeatedly in a deeply Red Trump State. An unlikely D nominee, since positions on issues such as guns that help in MT won’t appeal to Blue State Dems (where the delegate votes are).
Larry Sabato
1 week ago: Sunday May 12 - 1:50pm
Hey @JeffBezos, here’s the theme song for your new moon thingy. You can’t get it out of your head once you listen. (“The French Connection” used it.) The Three Degrees - Everybody gets to go to the Moon - French Connection - YouTube https://t.co/pxMRKpahA7
Larry Sabato
1 week ago: Sunday May 12 - 1:44pm
@BadFoxGraphics It's Mother's Day. I'm trying to do what Mom always told me to do--way too late.
Larry Sabato
1 week ago: Sunday May 12 - 1:34pm
I can think of someone who lives in Washington, D.C. who might be having a nervous breakdown--or may be forced to use his communications professionals.
Larry Sabato
1 week ago: Sunday May 12 - 1:32pm
"Twitter is over capacity. Wait a few moments and try again." You mean there's actually a possible limit to vitriol on Twitter? Lower the capacity permanently!
Larry Sabato
1 week ago: Saturday May 11 - 2:50pm
@TarynKincaid No, you're kidding!
Larry Sabato
1 week ago: Friday May 10 - 10:51pm
@scott_mintzer Scott...Dude...It’s a rhetorical question.
Larry Sabato
1 week ago: Friday May 10 - 10:31pm
Is there no limit to Trump’s narcissism? Independence Day becomes #TrumpendenceDay “Trump takes over Fourth of July celebration, changing its location and inserting himself into the program - The Washington Post” https://t.co/oGmHHlEnNI
Larry Sabato
1 week ago: Friday May 10 - 3:06pm
@AndrewCFollett Some of the other candidates need similar PACs.
Larry Sabato
1 week ago: Friday May 10 - 1:05pm
@Raving_Sanity Voters who'd like to see a mayor in the White House and haven't already committed to Pete Buddha-Judge.
Larry Sabato
1 week ago: Friday May 10 - 1:01pm
@posglen You're so helpful. And I would recommend you.
Larry Sabato
1 week ago: Friday May 10 - 12:51pm
@Will_Bunch I was the first to be shown the door. Good call.
Larry Sabato
1 week ago: Friday May 10 - 12:48pm
De Blasio PAC Spends $30 Million On Ads Urging Candidate Not To Embarrass Self By Running https://t.co/9ZbHI5tleu
Larry Sabato
1 week ago: Thursday May 9 - 8:55pm
Lots of incisive answers, especially about Trump’s constant lying, but Comey still doesn’t get it. His unwise decisions to go public on the Clinton email investigation in summer and then late fall 2016 cost Clinton the election. He can’t bring himself to admit it. #ComeyTownHall
Larry Sabato
1 week ago: Thursday May 9 - 1:24pm
Ironically the first serious case of alleged Logan Act violation in my adult lifetime was Nixon interfering in and helping to torpedo LBJ’s Vietnam peace negotiations during ‘68 campaign so Nixon could win. Nixon was among the first to encourage Trump to run for POTUS in ‘80s.
Larry Sabato
1 week ago: Thursday May 9 - 1:07pm
Hey, fact-checkers: Are there “hundreds of photos” of “best friends” Mueller and Comey together, as Trump just claimed? (I know which answer I’d bet on.)