Democrats have been arguing among themselves for a while now about whether to move ahead with impeachment against President Donald Trump. As the party mulls what decision to make, what it should understand is that either route will have important consequences for this presidency and for future ones: Just as […] Read more »
Why Pelosi and Democratic presidential candidates don’t agree on impeachment
Democratic leaders are split on how to handle impeachment. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called for Democrats to continue investigating President Donald Trump, but has not said an impeachment inquiry should begin. Many of the Democrats running for president are going in a different direction. Led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Democratic support for impeachment rises, Trump approval steady
Democrats are increasingly in support of impeaching President Donald Trump and removing him from office but the majority of Americans remain opposed to the prospect, a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS shows. Trump’s approval rating, meanwhile, holds exactly even with where it was in late April — 43% approve […] Read more »
Congress’ approval rating hasn’t hit 30% in 10 years. That’s a record.
… It’s a common refrain that Americans may not like what Congress overall is doing, but they like the job their own member of Congress is doing. Indeed, it’s true that approval for individual congressmen is almost always significantly higher than it is for either the House or Senate. Still, […] Read more »
The Supreme Court is deciding a gerrymandering case. Here’s the social science that the justices need to know.
… One key question before the Supreme Court is whether there are standards to detect an extreme partisan gerrymander. During oral arguments this year, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. asked, “How do you determine whether [a particular plan] is constitutional?” In fact, the five federal courts that have struck down […] Read more »
Democrats in Trump districts face split-screen reality on impeachment
While Washington was in a frenzy Wednesday over special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s first public comments about his investigation and President Trump, 800 miles away, in rural central Illinois, Democratic Rep. Cheri Bustos navigated an alternative political universe. She dedicated a post office to a fallen Marine. She toured […] Read more »