Oliver Hawkins

On the afternoon of January 6, the third anniversary of his supporters’ assault on the US Capitol, Donald Trump travelled to a school gymnasium on the banks of the Mississippi River to ask voters to send him back to the White House — and rattle the world like they did in 2016. “The battle begins in Iowa, it begins here,” Trump told the crowd assembled in Clinton, a town of nearly 25,000 on the eastern flank of the state. “With your help, we’re going to bring back our country — we’re going to br…

The Financial Times’ UK poll tracker combines voting intention surveys published by major British pollsters ahead of the general election expected this year. The most recent polls suggest that the UK’s main national political parties would achieve the following vote shares if a general election took place tomorrow: Pollsters also provide data on voting intentions within social groups. Below we show the latest average voting intentions by region, gender, age group, vote in the 2019 general elec…

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