For the second time in the pandemic era, Congress is experiencing a burst of relative popularity, the normally reviled institution winning public support in the early days of a Democratic-run Washington. Most of the surge comes from Democratic voters who are happy to see their party controlling both the House […] Read more »
COVID-19 Aid Package Both Popular and Controversial
Sixty-three percent of Americans, according to a Gallup poll conducted March 15-21, approve of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill that Congress passed and President Joe Biden signed into law two weeks ago. While receiving nearly unanimous support from Democrats (97%), the legislation enjoys majority support among independents (58%) but […] Read more »
Gun control fails quickly in Congress after each mass shooting, but states often act – including to loosen gun laws
After mass shootings, there are more calls for gun control. Here’s one in Boulder, Colo., where 10 people died in a shooting. Jason Connolly / AFP/Getty Images Christopher Poliquin, University of California, Los Angeles Recent mass shootings at three spas in Atlanta, Georgia and a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado have […] Read more »
The House: Unclear Lines, Clear Expectations
Key Points• Delays in the redistricting process mean that we won’t be releasing Crystal Ball House district ratings for the foreseeable future.• However, midterm history along with GOP advantages in redistricting make the Republicans clear, though not certain, favorites to win the House next year.• Recent midterm history helps illustrate […] Read more »
We See the Left. We See the Right. Can Anyone See the ‘Exhausted Majority’?
… Morris Fiorina, a political scientist at Stanford, argues in a series of essays and a book, “Unstable Majorities,” that it is the structure of the two-party system that prevents the center — the moderate majority of American voters — from asserting their dominion over national politics: Given multiple dimensions […] Read more »
Godzilla & The GOP (with Tony Fabrizio)
Veteran Republican pollster and strategist Tony Fabrizio, who served as Trump’s chief pollster in ’16 and ’20, joins Axe and Murphy to discuss his analysis of the five “tribes” that make up the current Republican Party and what it says about the power Trump holds over the GOP. Plus, in […] Read more »