The Marist Poll and NBC News are at it, again – polling hotly contested midterm election contests. On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, the team breaks down the meaning behind the numbers. Which demographic groups are emerging as influential? Are notable proportions of voters persuadable? How do opinions of President […] Read more »
Trump’s Risky Bet on His Base
President Trump has given a new twist to German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s famous line, “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” In the case of the president, that which hurts him outside his base only makes him stronger within his base. Someone is going to write a book […] Read more »
Two-thirds of Americans Don’t Want the Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade
As President Trump prepares to make a new Supreme Court nomination, new polling from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that two-thirds (67%) of the public do not want the Supreme Court to overturn the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade decision that established women’s constitutional right to abortion. Fielded this month […] Read more »
Don’t Feed the Troll in the Oval Office
It is hardly news that President Trump has deliberately provoked liberal outrage, as a candidate and as president. But in case anyone is still wondering whether his inflammatory language is the result of design or impulse, recent comments from current and former White House strategists are revealing. Last month, an […] Read more »
The Uncertain Political Ramifications of Justice Kennedy’s Exit
An already turbulent national political environment was rocked by another major development Wednesday afternoon: Justice Anthony Kennedy, the closest thing there is to a swing vote on the Supreme Court, decided to retire. … Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who sees pushing the judiciary to the right as a […] Read more »
Americans Motivated to Take Action On Key Issue Fights
… Hot-button issue fights are stronger motivators than topics that feel settled or too late to change. Specific activism related to key issues is also more likely to motivate progressives than more generic protests. Progressives feel most motivated by issues where there is lively, on-going national debate and a desired […] Read more »