Ahead of a prime-time January 6th Committee hearing Thursday, a majority of Americans are paying attention and blame former President Donald Trump for what happened that day in 2021, but don’t think he will be prosecuted, according to the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. A majority of independents (55%) and 4 […] Read more »
New poll asks Americans whether Trump should face charges, top midterm priorities
About half of Americans think former President Donald Trump should face criminal charges for his role in the deadly insurrection that took place at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. But far fewer – roughly a quarter – think Trump will actually […] Read more »
More Americans disapprove than approve of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade
A month following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, more Americans disapprove than approve of the decision – 53% to 30%. Democrats and women are more likely to disapprove than Republicans or men. Over half are at least somewhat angry or sad about the decision, including 4 in […] Read more »
The Republican Advance in the South — and Other Party Registration Trends
Key Points• Party registration can be a lagging indicator of political change, but recent changes in some states are bringing registration more in line with actual voting.• Republicans have taken the voter registration edge in states such as Florida and West Virginia somewhat recently, and Kentucky flipped to them just […] Read more »
Just 5 Percent Of Young Voters Strongly Approve Of Biden’s Performance
The president’s support among young voters — who generally trend Democratic — is anemic, with their level of support comparable with his numbers among whites without college degrees and white evangelical Christians. Part of the problem for Biden may be his big promises: then-candidate Biden promised transformational change, but his […] Read more »
Biden’s approval rating just dipped under one marker ‘you don’t want to be below’
President Joe Biden’s job approval rating in July is his lowest since taking office, with support among independent voters steadily dwindling, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. If independents serve as a weathervane for public opinion, Biden faces strong headwinds of dissent. In July 2021, nearly half of all […] Read more »