A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll finds that overall very few Americans agree that political violence is acceptable. Eighty-five percent of Americans disagree that it is acceptable for a member of their political party to threaten and/or intimidate others to achieve a political goal. Eighty-three percent also disagree that violent acts are […] Read more »
61% would carry protest signs. Here’s what they’d say
61% of registered voters in the latest NBC News Poll say they are upset enough about an issue to carry a protest sign for a day. That’s up from September 2015, the last time the question was polled, when 55% of respondents said the same. When asked what their sign […] Read more »
Colorado GOP senator becomes Democrat, cites vote falsehoods
Citing alarm toward the Republican Party’s widespread embrace of 2020 election conspiracies, a moderate GOP Colorado state senator has switched his affiliation to Democrat, enhancing that party’s prospects to retain its majority in the chamber in the November midterms. Kevin Priola, who represents Adams County in Denver’s suburbs, said in […] Read more »
Nevada: Cortez Masto, Sisolak gain midterm rebound after death of Roe v. Wade
Inflation and the economy remain the top issue facing Nevadans today, a Reno Gazette Journal/Suffolk University poll found, but as concern over abortion rights takes center stage in the midterm elections, the two vulnerable Democratic incumbents at the top of the ticket have gained a lead on Republican opponents. Conducted […] Read more »
There’s a Huge Divide Among Democrats Over How Hard to Campaign for Democracy
… Even after the experience of 2020 and the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — and even as Republicans in the midterms parrot Trump’s falsehoods — democracy has polled relatively low on the electorate’s list of concerns. The Jan. 6 committee hearings were encouraging. But Democrats competing […] Read more »
NBC News poll: 57% of voters say investigations into Trump should continue
A clear majority of American voters believe that the various investigations into alleged wrongdoing by former President Donald Trump should continue, according to a national NBC News poll conducted after the FBI searched Trump’s Florida home and recovered documents marked as “top secret” earlier this month. The poll also shows […] Read more »