The essay described congressional extremists, their rejection of truth, a party turning into authoritarians or “an apocalyptic cult.” It bore a striking headline: “Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem.” It didn’t mention Marjorie Taylor Greene, the deadly January 6 insurrection or Donald Trump’s Big Lie. In fact, […] Read more »
The House: Democrats Would Have a Tough Slog Even Without Redistricting
Key Points• The reapportionment of House seats and pending redistricting has prevented us from releasing U.S. House ratings so far this cycle.• While Republicans stand to gain from this process, they would be favored to win the House even if the district lines were not changing.• Rating the House races […] Read more »
Biden, Congress Approval Ratings Steady
Americans’ approval ratings of President Joe Biden and the U.S. Congress remain stable at 54% and 31%, respectively. Biden’s rating has not varied by more than three percentage points since his inauguration, while the rating for Congress was significantly lower in early January. CONTINUED Megan Brenan, Gallup The OPINION TODAY email […] Read more »
How the Storming of the Capitol Became a ‘Normal Tourist Visit’
It is no wonder that Republican leaders in the House do not want to convene a truth and reconciliation commission to scrutinize the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The more attention drawn to the events of that day, the more their party has to lose. Immediately after the riot, […] Read more »
Ahead of 2022, House Democrats Aim to Fix Their Polling Problem
… For the second presidential cycle in a row, Democrats were stunned by the number of voters who came out in support of Donald J. Trump and his Republican allies down the ballot. This week, the House Democrats’ campaign arm, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, presented the results of an […] Read more »
Trump Enthusiasts Are Lowering the Temperature
… Hart Research’s Jeff Horwitt shared with me 15 months of previously unreleased data from the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll that his firm conducts alongside GOP firm Public Opinion Strategies for the two news organizations. … The data shows that Republicans who have been seeing themselves as Trump loyalists […] Read more »