UMass Poll Shows a GOP Still in Trump’s Grip

Key Points• Seven in 10 Republicans still believe Joe Biden’s election was illegitimate.• While almost all Democrats support law enforcement efforts to track down and prosecute those who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, only 28% of Republicans support those efforts.• Republicans say they would punish GOP candidates who voted […] Read more »

The 2021 High School Yearbook of American Politics

Well, that was weird. Much of the past 12 months felt as though 2021 came about by looking at the political insanity of 2020 and thinking smugly: Hold my beer. The storming of the Capitol? A second Trump impeachment? Senator Ted Cruz going hard at Big Bird? Infrastructure Week actually […] Read more »

Trump still dominates 2024 field, DeSantis surges into 2nd

Fabrizio, Lee & Associates recently completed a nationwide survey of n=800 known registered Republicans or voters who affiliate as Republicans. In this survey, as we found in our February survey, former President Trump remains the clear top choice to be the Republican nominee for President in 2024. The only significant […] Read more »

Texas voters like Biden’s COVID-19 response better than his overall performance

President Joe Biden, who today is making his first visit to Texas since his January inauguration, starts his term with about the same numbers of voters giving him good and bad marks for job performance, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Among registered Texas voters, 45% approve […] Read more »

How a bad response to a weather disaster can ruin a political career

The tragic situation in Texas following this week’s historic cold snap and power outages has people pointing fingers. Perhaps the ire has been pointed toward no one more than Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who left the state for Cancun, Mexico. It’s obviously too early to know what if any political […] Read more »