The bad news for Donald Trump, in this new poll from the excellent Ireland Thinks (which increasingly does polling on interesting questions that other companies just don’t) is that if Ireland was the 51st state of the Union, it would be the most Democratic state there is. Even in ultra-liberal Vermont, Trump will get something […]
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PODCAST: Listen to John Aidan Byrne, Irish commentator based in New York, interview Dr. Savneet Singh as he analyzes Trump’s Tweets in real time. He is an expert on social media and technology. After masterminding a social media campaign for Enda Kenny’s 2011 Ireland election victory, Dr. Ravneet Singh breaks his silence & also unveils […]
Who’s going to win the American election? With a week to go, the polling and the data all point in one direction, and yet the lessons of 2016, alongside the enthusiasm for President Trump’s campaign, all point in another. Losing campaigns, of course, always point to polling errors and massive enthusiasm for their side right […]
I’ve seen some strange things during elections but this American Presidential contest surely trumps all, pardon the terrible pun. At 1am Irish time, a joint news conference was held by the Director of National intelligence, John Ratcliffe and FBI Director Chris Wray. A few hours later as people here slumbered and Americans on the east coast prepared […]
Kanye West stepped up his 2020 US presidential election campaign this week by releasing his first advertisement, posting the video ad to Twitter. https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/1315766834046541825 Having established himself as one of America’s most renowned musical artists, and marrying into the famous Kardashian family, Kanye West originally signalled his intention to run for president in 2015, […]
The recent statement from the World Health Organisation’s Special Envoy on Covid-19 criticising lockdown as a primary means of tackling the Corona virus was a surprise. Not least because it seems to validate the beleaguered positions of those bucking the international consensus. In relation to the biggest issue in the US Presidential election it looks like […]
A few weeks ago, if you recall, the universal refrain of Trump supporters was that Joe Biden was so senile and incapable of stringing a sentence together that he’d likely pull out of the debates. How times change: The Trump campaign statement following the news the next debate will be virtual #foxnews #Debates2020 pic.twitter.com/IfntjS87OS — […]
If the life of Donald J Trump were a movie we would now be in the tumultuous third act. The news that Trump has tested positive for the Coronavirus has shaken up the presidential race in another unexpected direction. If this were a movie it would be the perfect third act plot twist. “The Hero’s […]
Abortion survivors have thanked U.S. President Donald Trump after he announced an executive order on Wednesday which would require that medical care be given to babies who are born alive after a failed abortion attempt. “Today I am announcing that I will be signing the Born-Alive Executive Order to ensure that all precious babies born alive, […]
The polling comes from ABC News, together with the Washington Post, and is very reputable. It’s more “eyebrow raising” than shocking in the case of Florida, but the Arizona numbers certainly justify the decision to break out the “Shock New Poll” headline: President Trump and former vice president Joe Biden are locked in close races […]
President Trump will announce his nominee for the US Supreme Court on Saturday, at about 9pm Irish time. Officially, nobody knows who the nominee will be, but the betting markets, and smart pundits, are almost all agreed: It will be Judge Amy Coney Barrett, presently a Judge on the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals: […]