The congressional committee investigating the January 6 insurrection delivered a comprehensive and compelling case for the criminal prosecution of Donald Trump and his closest allies for their attempt to overturn the 2020 election. But the committee zoomed in so tightly on the culpability of Trump and his inner circle that […] Read more »
No, the Big Lie Hasn’t Gone Away
Key Points• An analysis of 552 Republican candidates running for Senate, House of Representatives, governor, secretary of state, and attorney general in the 2022 elections shows that close to half (221 candidates) who made statements on a spectrum from those who accepted the 2020 election outcome with reservations to those […] Read more »
Public Has Modest Expectations for Washington’s Return to Divided Government
After a second consecutive midterm election that resulted in divided partisan control of Congress, the American public is broadly skeptical that either the president or Republican House leaders will get their programs passed into law. Most U.S. adults say President Joe Biden (65%) and Republican leaders in Congress (61%) will […] Read more »
Healthy democracy requires trust – these 3 things could start to restore voters’ declining faith in US elections
Election workers sort ballots at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center on Nov. 9, 2022, in Phoenix. John Moore/Getty Images Sarah Bush, Yale University and Lauren Prather, University of California, San Diego The 2022 U.S. midterm elections ran relatively smoothly and faced few consequential accusations of fraud or mismanagement. […] Read more »
Ron DeSantis has pulled into a tie with Joe Biden in a hypothetical 2024 matchup
A new Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has pulled into a tie with President Joe Biden in a hypothetical 2024 matchup, with each receiving 42% support from registered voters nationwide. DeSantis has increased his support in polling since January, while Biden’s support has remained […] Read more »
New state voter fraud units finding few cases from midterms
State-level law enforcement units created after the 2020 presidential election to investigate voter fraud are looking into scattered complaints more than two weeks after the midterms but have provided no indication of systemic problems. That’s just what election experts had expected and led critics to suggest that the new units […] Read more »