… Clearly, this country is narrowly and bitterly divided. Americans are increasingly voting in a parliamentary fashion, picking the same party up and down the ballot, with individual candidates and their personal brands meaning and mattering less. Most are locked in with their team, with only a narrow but pivotal […] Read more »
How Are Voters Viewing Biden’s Big Infrastructure Bill?
While the Biden Administration asserts that Americans are ready for “a once in a lifetime, once in a generation investment in America’s infrastructure,” recent polling on the $2T “American Jobs Plan package suggests Americans are much more ambivalent. Support for the proposed legislation ranges from a high of 64 percent […] Read more »
U.S. Defense Budget, Afghanistan Withdrawal Not Hot-Button Issues
… The announcement of the proposed new defense budget and the pending withdrawal of all remaining troops from Afghanistan most likely will not have a major impact on the equanimity of the American public. Neither is a hot-button issue about which Americans are expressing deep concern, and available data do […] Read more »
Partisanship Among Voters Is Still Rising
… While Donald Trump has changed his mailing address from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to 1100 South Ocean Boulevard in Palm Beach, one thing that has not changed is the extent of partisanship today. Many people seem to think that partisanship is simply a behavior by politicians, their advisers, and people […] Read more »
Voters Like Biden Infrastructure Plan; G.O.P. Still Sees an Opening on Taxes
President Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan has yet to win over a single Republican in Congress, but it is broadly popular with voters nationwide, mirroring the dynamics of the $1.9 trillion economic aid bill that Mr. Biden signed into law last month. The infrastructure proposal garners support from two in […] Read more »
CNBC survey shows support for infrastructure spending much less than previous stimulus
A slight plurality of Americans support President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan and favor raising corporate taxes to pay for it. But the plan is much less popular than the relief bill passed earlier this year, and there are growing deficit concerns. CONTINUED Steve Liesman, CNBC Read more »