Republicans are struggling to persuade voters to oppose President Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic rescue plan, which enjoys strong, bipartisan support nationwide even as it is moving through Congress with just Democratic backing. … More than 7 in 10 Americans now back Mr. Biden’s aid package, according to new polling from […] Read more »
Some Americans Are Ready To Dive Back In
The long COVID winter – will it ever end? 57 million doses of the vaccine have been administered so far; Biden promised that it will be available to all Americans by the end of July this year. Herd immunity via the vaccine? We think so. Back to normal? Not so […] Read more »
New Survey Shows 3 In 5 White Evangelicals Say Joe Biden Wasn’t Legitimately Elected
Christian nationalism has effectively spread so much disinformation that three in five white evangelicals say Biden was not legitimately elected, according to the American Enterprise Institute. Morning Edition, NPR News Read more »
With polarization at a peak, the number of House ‘crossover districts’ is at its lowest in a century
Our project to calculate the 2020 presidential results for all 435 House seats nationwide concludes, appropriately enough, with Pennsylvania, the state whose electoral votes sealed Joe Biden’s victory four days after Election Day. … With figures from the Keystone State in hand, we now know that Biden carried 224 congressional […] Read more »
56% of Americans approve of the way President Biden is handling his job
In the most recent Reuters/Ipsos Core Political survey, Americans continue to say the economy and unemployment along with public health and disease are the most important problems Americans are facing. President Joe Biden’s approval rating remains stable, with 56% of Americans approving of the way he is handling his job. […] Read more »
The Democrats Have An Ambitious Agenda. Here’s What They Should Learn From Obamacare.
… As a political science professor studying public perceptions of the ACA, I see two core lessons for Democrats to keep in mind. First, to stop high-profile laws from becoming unpopular, it helps to keep them simple. And the ACA was anything but: It sought to increase access to health […] Read more »