The issue of family separation reveals deep divisions over not just immigration as an issue, but over views of immigrants, themselves – and over what their treatment signals about America. The divisions hinge partly on partisanship but also heavily on views of President Trump, in particular. The president’s strongest backers […] Read more »
This poll shows why it’s difficult for Democrats to take the Senate
… A new Mason-Dixon poll in North Dakota puts Republican Kevin Cramer ahead of Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp 48% to 44%. Republican Donald Trump won the state by 36 points in 2016. … Polls indicate that the national environment will favor Democrats this fall. If every Senate seat were up […] Read more »
75% of Americans Say Immigration Is Good for Country
Most Americans oppose the separation of immigrant families at the border, and a larger share of people than at any point since 2001 say immigration is good for the nation. Those were just some of the findings of polls published in the past week that shed new light on attitudes […] Read more »
Trump’s bad week: A policy rollback, a political setback and a still-defiant president
President Trump has weathered one week after another of controversy, missteps and turmoil. None quite compares with what he experienced with the storm over his policy to separate migrant children from their parents. It was a trifecta of ineptitude: a policy hash, a political debacle and the most dramatic personal […] Read more »
Democrats so far are playing a good defense in fight for Senate control
The Senate map for Democrats this fall is daunting. Republicans are only defending nine Senate seats up for reelection, while Democrats are defending 26 seats. Moreover, 10 of the Democratic-held seats are in states Donald Trump won in 2016 and five are in states he won by about 20 points […] Read more »
Americans’ Certainty About Voting This Year Starting Off Low
Fifty-six percent of U.S. adults are currently “absolutely certain” they will vote in the November elections for Congress. That’s on the low side in Gallup’s trend of final pre-election midterm polls since 1954 and is similar to the 58% recorded just before the 2014 midterms, which had the lowest turnout […] Read more »