Earlier this week, news emerged about a whistleblower complaint from within the intelligence community raising alarm about a phone call in which President Donald Trump may have pressured Ukrainian government officials to investigate a potential 2020 political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. … In a survey conducted as part […] Read more »
The Risks of Impeachment Are Overblown
For months, the biggest hurdle for Democrats pushing the House to open impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump was the party leadership’s concern that such a process would politically endanger the members at the far edge of their majority, especially the 31 representing districts that voted for the president in 2016. […] Read more »
Warren Vaults into the Lead in California’s Democratic Presidential Primary
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has pulled into the lead in California among voters likely to be participating in California’s March Democratic presidential primary. The latest Berkeley IGS Poll finds Warren to be the choice of 29% of likely voters, up eleven points from June. While support for Warren has grown […] Read more »
If This Is Trump’s Best Case, The Ukraine Scandal Is Looking Really Bad For Him
Sometimes, when a news story is still unfolding in real time, we can’t do much better than to hazard a guess about how it will affect the polls. Of course, we can also not hazard a guess — that is, not say anything about it at all. But given that […] Read more »
Elizabeth Warren is rising everywhere
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign is, to quote NBA Jam, “on fire”. The latest Quinnipiac University national poll out today has Warren at 27% to former Vice President Joe Biden’s 25%. Now, one poll doesn’t mean much, and Quinnipiac’s result is well within the margin of error, so there’s […] Read more »
Why public support for impeachment may grow
During the course of President Donald Trump’s administration, a minority of Americans have been for impeaching him. Just this past May, CNN found that 41% of Americans wanted to impeach and remove the President from office. But as House Democrats launch a formal impeachment inquiry into the President, that percentage […] Read more »