Tag: Democrats party

• Thursday, September 3rd 2020 - 07:12 UTC

  Biden remains ahead in polls: Trump unable to refocus campaign from the pandemic to civil unrest

  

  President Donald Trump’s attempt to make civil unrest a central theme of his re-election campaign has yet to boost his political standing, as most Americans do not see crime as a major problem confronting the nation and a majority remain sympathetic to anti-racism protests, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday.

• Thursday, April 30th 2020 - 05:49 UTC

  Biden prepared to announce a bipartisan unity cabinet before the November election

  

  United States Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Wednesday he would consider announcing the names of some cabinet officials before the election - and that some of the people might be Republicans.

• Saturday, September 5th 2015 - 07:19 UTC

  Trump pledges not to run as independent candidate; tells Jeb Bush to speak in English

  

  Republican front-runner Donald Trump has bowed to pressure from the party establishment and signed a pledge not to run as an independent candidate in the November 2016 presidential election.

• Friday, August 7th 2015 - 07:18 UTC

  Trump dominates the Republican race for US president following the debate among ten contenders

  

  Donald Trump continued to dominate the Republican race for US president by causing further controversies in the first debate. The tycoon's refusal to rule out a third-party run drew boos from the audience on Thursday night. And he stood by offensive comments he has made in the past about women.

• Wednesday, September 28th 2011 - 02:39 UTC

  Gallup governance poll shows 81% dissatisfied with the US political system

  

  A record-high 81% of US citizens are dissatisfied with the way the country is being governed, adding to negativity that has been building over the past 10 years.

• Thursday, July 1st 2010 - 06:57 UTC

  Brazilian opposition picks young, fresh face as Vice-president candidate

  

  Congressman Indio da Costa of the opposition Democrats party was named Brazilian presidential candidate Jose Serra’a running mate. The move is geared to retake the initiative in the campaign to October 3 presidential polls which now have incumbent Dilma Rousseff ahead.