FiveThirtyEight’s top politics stories this week

[FiveThirtyEight]( Popular in Politics Thursday, May, 02, 2024 [1. How Trump's trial is (not) changing the polls]( [How Trump's trial is (not) changing the polls]( Welcome to Pollapalooza, our occasional polling column. [Read more]( [2. Voters don't like Biden's economy — but why?]( [Voters don't like Biden's economy — but why?]( Americans have been sour on the economy since President Joe Biden was sworn into office. As we head into an election season that is likely to be a 2020 rematch between Biden and former President Donald Trump, voters give Republicans and Trump an edge on economic issues. An [April 12-14 poll from Echelon Insights]( found that 57 percent of all voters somewhat or strongly disapproved of the way Biden is handling the economy, and favored Trump on making the economy work better by 48 percent to 40 percent. That's only a recent example of what surveys have routinely shown: Voters aren't happy with Biden's handling of the economy. [Read more]( [3. The far right claims there's a 'uniparty' in Washington. Reality suggests otherwise.]( [The far right claims there's a 'uniparty' in Washington. Reality suggests otherwise.]( Conservative populists in the Republican Party might have you believe that there aren't two major parties in the United States, but one conglomeration of politicians in Washington who are ignoring the desires of the American people. In its latest attacks against members of its own party, this faction has embraced a term that disparagingly links supposedly apostate Republicans to Democrats across the aisle: "[uniparty]( Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene [used this descriptor]( last week to justify her [calls for the GOP to remove]( Republican Speaker Mike Johnson from office. Greene said that Johnson, [arguably the most conservative speaker]( in modern times, had overseen "a complete and total surrender to" Democrats in the House. Without a change, she continued, "we are a Uniparty that is hell-bent on remaining on the path of self-inflicted destruction." [Read more]( [4. Trump leads in swing-state polls and is tied with Biden nationally]( [Trump leads in swing-state polls and is tied with Biden nationally]( It's the moment you've all been waiting for: Today, 538 launched our interactive polling averages for the 2024 presidential general election. They show incumbent President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump essentially tied in national polls and Trump with a tenuous lead in key swing states. [Read more]( [FiveThirtyEight] [View in browser]( [ABC News]( [Unsubscribe](