The “return to normalcy” in American life is starting to look something like the horizon: It recedes whenever you approach it. For President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats anxious about the November midterm elections, nothing could be more ominous. Last summer’s Delta wave dashed hopes that the deployment of COVID […] Read more »
More support than oppose Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination, with many not sure
As the U.S. Senate is set to begin confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s nominee to replace the retiring Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court, 44% of the public says the Senate should definitely (24%) or probably (20%) confirm Jackson, while just 18% say she […] Read more »
What did Democrats deliver?
According to a recent story in The New York Times, in a meeting with the president last month to discuss the party’s messaging, Speaker Nancy Pelosi came armed with an alternate slogan to replace the “Build Back Better” phrase, which some Democrats call “toxic” these days. Pelosi’s substitute? One of […] Read more »
C-SPAN/Pierrepont Survey: Public Attitudes About the U.S. Supreme Court
As the Senate prepares to consider a new U.S. Supreme Court justice, a new online national survey of more than 1,000 likely voters conducted for C-SPAN demonstrates strong public interest in the Court’s work and awareness of the Court’s relevance. Over four in five respondents (84%) say Supreme Court decisions have “an impact […] Read more »
Code Red on the Democratic Brand
Politics is not a complicated game to win. Either your party fields compelling candidates that voters mostly like or your party offers a compelling and relevant enough agenda that voters mostly support. The one thing a party can’t do and expect to win is suffer double-digit deficits to the other […] Read more »
Biden states will decide who controls the Senate
The one silver lining for Democrats on an otherwise stormy political horizon may be the map of states with competitive Senate races this fall. All of the Senate contests both sides consider the most competitive will be in states that Joe Biden won in 2020, albeit in most cases narrowly. […] Read more »