Latinos make up nearly 37% of the L.A. electorate, making their votes crucial for anyone with mayoral ambitions. That has campaigns putting out ads and social media posts in Spanish, hitting the ground in Latino majority neighborhoods and rallying for key endorsements. "Whoever wins the Latino vote will win the election," Loyola Marymount University political science professor Fernando Guerra said.
Very important. This is where our Nation stands!!! President DJT the president wrote, along with a link to an article from a pro-Trump outlet. The article, entitled Majority say preventing Iran from acquiring nukes more important than ending war: Poll, referenced a single data point from a Rasmussen-affiliated poll: Overall, a narrow majority of 53% of U.S. voters say it is more important to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon than it is to end the fighting, according to a Napolitan News survey.
"Notably, groups that are more favorable toward Markey, including women and young voters, are also more undecided than their counterparts; women are ten points more undecided than men (33% to 23%), and 39% of voters under 50 are undecided compared to 21% of voters over 50," said Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, in a statement.
Colbert pointed to figures published in a new national poll from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, taken after the conflict in Iran began, which showed Trump's approval rating had dropped to 33%, the lowest level of his second term.
President Donald Trump's lagging popularity is showing up in multiple polls giving him the lowest job approval ratings of his second term. There's Reuters-Ipsos, whose February 16 survey pegged Trump's net job approval at minus-22 percent; this outlet had him at minus-16 percent in early December. There's Morning Consult's tracking poll, which now shows his net approval as minus-12 percent, after giving him modestly underwater ratings throughout 2025. A year ago this pollster had his net approval at plus-3 percent.
Republican Steve Hilton has opened up a surprise lead in the California governors race, according to a new poll. The Fox News contributor and staunch critic of Gov. Gavin Newsom is leading the crowded field, with 17% support, according to the Emerson College Polling/Inside California Politics survey. Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell and GOP candidate Sheriff Chad Bianco are tied for second at 14%, followed by former Rep. Katie Porter at 10%.
Meeting in campaign mode In Germany's political system, federal party conferences are key events for any party, serving as an opportunity for self-reassurance, attack or consolation. Even the choice of venue holds meaning: a show of campaigning and confidence. Elections are being held in host state Baden-Wurttemberg two weeks after the party conference. Before the end of September, four more of Germany's 16 states are set to hold elections. In two of the five states Berlin and Saxony-Anhalt the CDU holds the office of state premier.
Enten reported numbers last week showing that favorability for voter ID requirements is more aligned with the administration than with Democrats today. According to Pew Research Center numbers, support for voter ID requirements has gone from 76% in 2018 to 83% in 2025. Those 2025 numbers also show that more than 70% of Democrats support voter ID laws.