President Donald Trump, during a meeting in the cabinet room at the White House, Washington, Nov. 22, 2019. AP/Susan Walsh Lee McIntyre, Boston University While watching the House impeachment hearings, I realized my two decades of research into why people ignore, reject or deny science had a political parallel. From […] Read more »
The unexciting reality of impeachment: Very few minds have been changed
… This idea that the Democratic push to impeach Trump is starting to buckle has been at the center of conservative media for days. Trump himself touted poll numbers suggesting that Americans were turning against the idea — poll numbers that, by all appearances, he pulled from thin air. … […] Read more »
Party leaders are describing the health care proposal that appeals to the party’s left as a risky bet
Prominent Democratic leaders are sounding increasingly vocal alarms to try to halt political momentum for “Medicare for all,” opting to risk alienating liberals and deepening the divide in the party rather than enter an election year with a sweeping health care proposal that many see as a liability for candidates […] Read more »
They Voted Democratic. Now They Support Trump.
Midterm victories in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin gave Democrats hope of retaking the Rust Belt battleground states that handed the presidency to Donald J. Trump in 2016. Yet success in the midterms might not mean as much for Democratic presidential candidates as the party might think. Nearly two-thirds of voters […] Read more »
CNN Poll: No change in views on impeachment after public hearings
After five days of public hearings in House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, public opinion over whether the President ought to be impeached and removed from office remains exactly the same as it was in October, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. Half of Americans say […] Read more »
Plenty Of People Are Persuadable On Impeachment
The impeachment hearings have been making headlines and drawing big ratings. We’ll soon see whether the blitz of testimony has also had an impact on whether Americans think President Trump committed an impeachable offense when we reinterview our panel of voters, who we’ve partnered with Ipsos to survey repeatedly over […] Read more »