Joe Biden’s job rating has taken a dip as progress on his spending plans has stalled. The latest Monmouth University Poll finds a majority of the American public continues to support these plans despite concerns about a potential rise in consumer prices as a result. One question is whether the […] Read more »
Will straight-ticket voting upset the midterm dynamic in battle for Senate?
Political observers all know the party holding the White House tends to fare poorly during the midterm elections. That is why the combination of redistricting and the midterm dynamic clearly benefits House Republicans next year. But reapportionment and redistricting don’t affect the Senate, and more importantly, a recently developing electoral […] Read more »
Trump voters cling to 2020 tale
While most Americans rightly see Joe Biden as the legitimate winner of the 2020 presidential election, time, facts and evidence have done little to shift the attitudes of Trump voters who stubbornly cling to the fantasy that their candidate actually won. In Arizona, for example, a poll my firm completed […] Read more »
Like His Predecessors, Trump Suffered Down-Ballot Losses — But the Declines Were Comparatively Modest
Key Points• Like every post-World War II president, Donald Trump witnessed a fall-off in his party’s numbers of U.S. Senate, U.S. House, gubernatorial, and state legislative seats during his presidency. That said, compared to recent presidents, the erosion on Trump’s watch was more modest than it was for his immediate […] Read more »
For the Former Foreign Relations Chair, the Ultimate Test
… For the first 70 years after World War II, the president of the United States, no matter his party, had a second, unofficial title: “leader of the free world.” He also had the role of indispensable ally to other democracies around the world. According to Pew Research Center surveys, […] Read more »
Battleground: Divided, but Ready for Solutions
This year began with rioting and an attempted insurrection. Congress began their work by passing a substantial economic stimulus that passed with only support from Democratic members. This shocking break from political decorum and this now all too familiar show of partisan power has fueled an unusual political environment. Too […] Read more »