The narrative after the 2016 Democratic primary was that black voters overwhelmingly chose Hillary Clinton in part because they didn’t like or connect with Sen. Bernie Sanders. That dislike for Sanders was often attributed to his focus on inequality based on class rather than race and to his sometimes clumsy […] Read more »
Most Republicans don’t accept a basic Mueller finding: That Russia tried to interfere in the 2016 election
President Trump’s insistence that he’s been exonerated by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election began hours after the release of Attorney General William P. Barr’s letter outlining what Mueller found. … The Post and our polling partners at the Schar School of […] Read more »
How the Trump Era Is Molding the Next Generation of Voters
… Political science research shows that a generation of voters is shaped for life by what happens during the teenage years and early 20s: whether the country is at war, how the economy is doing, whether the president is popular. Evidence in the Trump era so far shows young people […] Read more »
Most Americans don’t think Trump is in the clear yet on Russia, new poll finds
Even as the White House claims vindication from the summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s findings in the Russia probe, the American public does not see a clear verdict about whether President Donald Trump has been cleared of wrongdoing. According to a new NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll, 29 […] Read more »
Mueller report findings upend partisan views of probe, poll finds
Americans are split over whether House Democrats should continue to investigate President Trump after special counsel Robert S. Mueller III made no determination about whether he attempted to obstruct justice during the inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election, a Washington Post-Schar School poll finds. The division marks a […] Read more »
Apathy, anger and relief: How voters around the country are processing the end of Mueller
… In interviews with more than 50 Democrats, independents and Republicans in five states across the country this week, one clear theme emerged: There is near unanimous exhaustion with the Russia investigation and a strong desire for lawmakers to get back to work on bread-and-butter issues. While nearly every voter […] Read more »