Call them realistic: Americans are braced for little compromise and less action in Washington over the next two years of divided government. The messy fight by Republicans to elect a new House speaker left the public convinced by 61%-17% that the GOP and President Joe Biden are less likely to […] Read more »
DeSantis Neck-and-Neck with Trump in Republican 2024 Presidential Matchup
A new national University of Massachusetts Amherst Poll has found Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis running neck-and-neck with former President Donald Trump in a potential head-to-head matchup for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. In a one-on-one matchup, DeSantis edges Trump among Republicans in the new national poll, 51-49, which is within […] Read more »
Poll Finds Softening of Some Americans’ Views of Events on Jan. 6, 2021
Two years after the attack on the U.S. Capitol to disrupt President Joe Biden’s election certification on Jan. 6, 2021, a new national University of Massachusetts Amherst Poll finds Americans’ views softening on the day’s events and a growing belief that the nation should “move on” from the attack on […] Read more »
Biden Approval Rating Jumps As He Pivots Toward Center
President Joe Biden’s approval rating has climbed to a nine-month high as he pivots to govern with a divided Congress, the January IBD/TIPP Poll finds. Biden’s job approval rating jumped 4.5 points to 49.1 in the new IBD/TIPP Poll. The IBD/TIPP presidential job approval figure indicates that 49.1% of adults […] Read more »
Joe Biden is gaining ground. But Democrats want someone else in 2024.
President Biden notched significant victories in 2022: He signed deals on climate change, infrastructure and gun control, and Democrats expanded their Senate majority in the midterm elections. But despite these accomplishments, only 47 percent of Democrats want him to seek a second term. Biden’s numbers are trending upwards: In November […] Read more »
CBS News poll — Americans’ views on 2023: Things get better, but still not good
The year 2023 opens with slightly better — though not good — assessments of the nation than we saw last year, tempered by pessimism about plenty of issues. More say things in the country are going well than said so at the start of 2022. Ratings on today’s economy aren’t […] Read more »