Updated Evidence Of Our Increasingly Sclerotic National And State Politics

… At the state level, voters increasingly cast their ballots in similar partisan proportions for different candidates in different circumstances. This political sclerosis reduces the system’s responsiveness to realities. It used to be that great candidates fared much better than bad ones; a country doing well yielded very different results […] Read more »

NY 3 Voters Say Santos Should Resign 78-13%, Including 71% of Reps

By a margin of 78-13%, voters in New York’s 3rd Congressional District overwhelmingly say freshman Republican Representative George Santos should resign, including 89% of Democrats, 72% of independents and 71% of Republicans. His constituents view him unfavorably 83-7%, including 78% of Republicans who view Santos unfavorably, according to a new […] Read more »

Republicans Leery of Compromise With Biden; Majority Want GOP To Focus on Investigations

As partisan battles over the debt ceiling and other key issues loom and the GOP takes back control of the House of Representatives following last fall’s midterm elections, most Republicans say they want their party’s leaders to take a hard line in their dealings with President Joe Biden and the […] Read more »

Republicans still trying to starve the beast

The GOP, which didn’t have much trouble supporting deep tax cuts during the presidency of Donald Trump, is now worried about the federal deficit. Republicans’ answer, once again, is to cut domestic spending. After that, they’ll propose more tax cuts, which will make the federal deficit and debt even larger, […] Read more »

Much has changed in 3 months, but a new NBC News poll finds plenty is still the same

So much has changed in the nearly three months since the November midterm elections: Republicans winning control of the U.S. House and Democrats keeping the Senate; former President Donald Trump’s announced presidential bid and special counsel investigation; a special investigation for President Biden, too; the GOP’s chaotic speaker vote — […] Read more »