This release features findings from a national online survey of 1,002 registered voters conducted March 25-29, 2021. Additional interviews were conducted among 103 Hispanic voters, 100 African American voters, 100 independents without a partisan lean, and 100 Asian American and Pacific Islander voters. Key takeaways• A majority of Americans describe […] Read more »
Biden continues to benefit from near-universal approval among his Democratic base
Fifty-six percent of Americans approve of President Joe Biden’s performance in office this week, per the latest Ipsos Core Political results. In terms of the most important issues facing the nation, Americans believe the economy and public health are most pressing. CONTINUED Chris Jackson & Jocelyn Duran, Ipsos The OPINION TODAY […] Read more »
The Fear That Is Shaping American Politics
… Richard Alba, a sociologist at the City University of New York, and other experts have argued that predictions of a white minority in a little over 20 years have created a false narrative because it fails to account for the numerous second- and third-generation children of interethnic and interracial […] Read more »
2020 Was as Geographically Polarized as 2016, But Biden Did Just a Little Better in the Right Places
… Biden was supposed to be uniquely appealing to the type of white, older, modestly-educated, socially traditionalist voter who had wandered away from the Democratic Party sometime between Barack Obama’s first victory and Hillary Clinton’s last defeat. A candidate who won back a significant share of this electoral bloc while […] Read more »
How Biden’s zero-carbon revolution would broaden the energy map
President Joe Biden’s push for a green power revolution could expand the economic benefits of energy production to a significantly broader swath of communities across America — if he can maneuver past the blockade of fossil-fuel-producing states that has prevented congressional action on climate change for years. Included in Biden’s […] Read more »
Biden Still Riding High Amid Infrastructure, Tax-Hike Push
President Joe Biden’s approval rating dipped slightly in the new IBD/TIPP Poll. Yet he’s still enjoying a relative honeymoon as he begins his push for a major expansion of infrastructure and social benefits, paid for with tax hikes on corporations and investment gains. Biden’s IBD/TIPP job approval level of 62 […] Read more »