… Trump’s base is angry about government restrictions on their freedom and believe they are fighting to save the “American way of life” from cancel culture and Black Lives Matter’s violent attacks on police and white people. We conducted focus groups in March with Trump Loyalists in Georgia and Wisconsin […] Read more »
COVID-19 Aid Package Both Popular and Controversial
Sixty-three percent of Americans, according to a Gallup poll conducted March 15-21, approve of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill that Congress passed and President Joe Biden signed into law two weeks ago. While receiving nearly unanimous support from Democrats (97%), the legislation enjoys majority support among independents (58%) but […] Read more »
Approval of President Biden has softened since last week
The latest Ipsos Core Political survey finds that support for President Joe Biden has softened since last week, with 53% of Americans now approving of his job performance compared to 59% last week. However, this is in line with Biden’s approval rating from two weeks ago (54%). The economy and […] Read more »
Polling analysis: Can vaccine hesitancy be reduced by a president’s encouragement?
Many Americans still express reluctance about getting vaccinated for COVID-19, which could leave many unnecessarily vulnerable to the disease and hinder the country’s return to normalcy. Many wonder whether presidents — especially former President Trump — could impact people’s willingness to get vaccinated. CBS News ran an experiment to explore […] Read more »
We See the Left. We See the Right. Can Anyone See the ‘Exhausted Majority’?
… Morris Fiorina, a political scientist at Stanford, argues in a series of essays and a book, “Unstable Majorities,” that it is the structure of the two-party system that prevents the center — the moderate majority of American voters — from asserting their dominion over national politics: Given multiple dimensions […] Read more »
Democrats Will Lose Elections in 2022 and 2024 if They do Not Offer a Plausible Strategy for Reducing the Surge of Immigrants at the Border
Democratic officeholders and candidates who plan to run in 2022 and 2024 need to face a simple, brutal fact – many will lose their next elections and will return control of government to the GOP if they do not offer a more plausible strategy for reducing the surge of immigrants […] Read more »