Little Solace for Democrats in New Polls

Democrats have now officially kicked off voting in the race to face President Trump. Meanwhile, the president is emerging from a painful, divisive impeachment process. Yet as they spend the rest of this week unpacking the Iowa caucus results and shifting their attention to New Hampshire, it’s the Democrats who seem to have more reasons to be nervous.

A flood of national polls demonstrates that any Democrat who thought that impeachment could make Trump easier to beat should be disappointed. Trump’s job-approval ratings are within the same trading range that they have been since he took office, albeit on the higher end of the range. CONT.

Charlie Cook