One of the most worrisome political signs for the Biden administration from the latest round of polling is that the president isn’t just losing support among typical swing voters—suburbanites, independents, anti-Trump Republicans—but he’s now starting to take friendly fire from his own base. This vicious cycle is the political version […] Read more »
D.C. Is a Donut. There Is No Center in Washington Politics
… When it comes to elections—and the politics of the nation as a whole—there is, of course, a center. Look at polling. Look at the “progressive” ideas discussed or supported by Biden—from protecting the climate to providing child care, from better health care to fairer taxation, from gun control to […] Read more »
Midterm meter: Historic trends put Democrats in ‘shellacking territory’ ahead of the midterms
President Biden’s news conference on Wednesday was designed to kick off a second-year reset of his presidency… and our new NBC News poll suggests Mr. Biden needs one. NBC News The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll results and insightful analysis. It’s FREE. Sign up here: opiniontoday.substack Read more »
Fox News Poll: Voters reluctant to give Biden a second term
Six in 10 voters would back someone other than President Biden if the 2024 presidential election were today, according to a Fox News national survey released Sunday. That makes his current reelection prospects dimmer than they ever were for his most recent predecessors, Donald Trump and Barack Obama. At the […] Read more »
On Covid, Americans can be stingy with their trust
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought more than 20 months of uncertainty. And through the mask mandates and vaccine debates, Americans have developed a complicated and somewhat surprising set of voices they trust on the virus, according to the latest NBC News poll. The poll asked a simple question, “In general, […] Read more »
NBC News Poll: ‘Downhill,’ ‘divisive’: Americans sour on nation’s direction
Overwhelming majorities of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, that their household income is falling behind the cost of living, that political polarization will only continue and that there’s a real threat to the nation’s democracy and majority rule. What’s more, the nation’s top politicians and […] Read more »