Win or lose, progressive challengers have influenced the Democrats’ agenda

Bernie Sanders ran for president in 2016. He lost, but his run inspired a movement to continue his “political revolution.” … The 2022 congressional primaries recently ended. About 70 Sanders-style progressives ran, fewer than in previous years. Seven won primaries in strongly Democratic districts. However, only one defeated a Democratic […] Read more »

Californians oppose Biden and Trump running for President in 2024

By a nearly two-to-one margin (61% to 31%) California voters oppose Joe Biden seeking a second term as President in 2024. Republicans are overwhelmingly against the President running again (87% to 9%), while the state’s registered Democrats are evenly split, with 46% in favor and 46% opposed. Despite repeated denials […] Read more »

Keeping tabs on the most popular – and unpopular – candidate positions in the NBC poll

… Tackling inflation and high prices are among the most popular positions and qualities a 2022 candidate can have. And the least popular are wanting the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, being endorsed by either President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump, and believing Trump won […] Read more »

Over Two-thirds of Republicans Think Biden Should be Impeached if the GOP Retakes the House

The results of a new national University of Massachusetts Amherst Poll released today show that more than two-thirds of Republicans believe that the House of Representatives should impeach President Joe Biden, if the GOP retake the House in this fall’s midterm elections. While just over one-third of the poll’s 1,000 […] Read more »

The U.S. has four political parties stuffed into a two-party system. That’s a big problem.

The United States right now has four political parties stuffed into a two-party system — and that’s increasingly a big problem for the country. This reality becomes clear if you set aside the long-standing catchall labels “Democrat” and “Republican” and look at the fissures actually animating our politics. Importantly, by […] Read more »

Ahead of State of the Union, 61% of Americans say Biden hasn’t kept most of his promises

As President Biden prepares to deliver his first State of the Union address Tuesday night, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that a combination of Republican rancor and Democratic disappointment has left his approval rating languishing near an all-time low after a tumultuous first year in office. The survey of […] Read more »