Public Opinion Roots of Election Denialism

Although the hardest dividing line between those who accept the election of Joe Biden as legitimate is partisan, there is still variation within the Republican Party between those who accept the 2020 election and those who do not. Among those who do not accept the outcome, they differ as to […] Read more »

The antisemitic and Islamophobic fringe is alarmingly emboldened—but it’s shrinking

Just before Thanksgiving, the former president of the United States, Donald Trump, had dinner at his home with the self-avowed white supremacist and antisemite Nick Fuentes, who had declared, among other outrageous utterances, that the U.S. should “be run by Catholics, not Jews.” The lack of remorse from Mr. Trump […] Read more »

Republicans, Democrats Are Split Over Which Groups Face Discrimination, WSJ Poll Finds

Voters are sharply divided by political party over which groups of Americans face discrimination, a Wall Street Journal poll finds, with more than 80% of Democrats saying that Black, Latino, gay and Jewish people face prejudice while a majority of Republicans say discrimination is more often aimed at white people […] Read more »

Scandal-plagued L.A. City Council deeply unpopular; voters have faith in Bass, poll finds

If the last week was any indication, Mayor Karen Bass starts her tenure with the wind at her back. A clear indicator came when her campaign promise to declare a state of emergency on homelessness made its way through the City Council and was embraced by a body normally reluctant […] Read more »

Fox News Poll: Bipartisan support for investigating Hunter Biden

Voters across the political spectrum believe it is important for the Justice Department to investigate Hunter Biden’s business dealings with foreign governments. Recent revelations about social media companies tamping down the story in the run-up to the 2020 election have not changed voters’ opinions — just as many feel it […] Read more »

Paging Elon Musk: Poll shows Americans back Twitter safeguards amid worry over hate speech

Americans by overwhelming numbers express concern about the rise of antisemitism and white nationalism in the United States, a USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, and most say social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook have an obligation to curtail hate speech on their sites. Those findings of public opinion conflict […] Read more »