The impeachment trial shows American democracy is in bad shape. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images John E. Finn, Wesleyan University The Senate’s decision to acquit former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial may have been a victory for Trump, but it is a clear sign that democracy in the U.S. […] Read more »
Is Biden’s House Built on Solid Ground?
Between the vaccine rollout and Trump’s second impeachment trial, Biden’s inauguration already feels like distant memory. In reality, it’s been less than a month. Though these are still the early days of the Biden administration, I want to focus on presidential approval ratings in this take – a turn to […] Read more »
Poll Hub: A Nation in Crisis
On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, we discuss the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump as the nation continues to grapple with the catastrophic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Where does public opinion stand on the impeachment of the president? Will it influence the outcome? We pick up […] Read more »
Can Democrats Win on the Economy?
Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve heard much chatter about how Democrats are applying lessons learned from the 2009 stimulus package to crafting the $1.9T COVID relief plan. Overall, most Democrats agree that they didn’t pump enough money into the economy, which meant a longer and less robust recovery. […] Read more »
Americans Support Massive Stimulus Spending
Americans strongly approve of the idea of pumping even more government stimulus money into the U.S. economy. There is little indication that Americans are unduly worried about the impact of this unprecedented spending on the federal budget deficit. … Desperate times call for desperate measures, so it is said, and […] Read more »
Some Capitol rioters believed they answered God’s call, not just Trump’s
… In Trump’s final days in the White House, it was often difficult to tell where puffery ended and the putsch began, but the religious framing of the effort to keep him in office was always clear. The question of who would occupy the White House after Jan. 20 had […] Read more »