Though President Donald Trump has claimed “complete and total exoneration” based on Attorney General William Barr’s summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election, the American public disagrees, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. A majority (56%) says the President and […] Read more »
CNN online poll: 77% of Republicans think Trump has been exonerated of collusion with Russia
Based on what they say they have heard or read about the final report delivered to the Justice Department by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, 77% of Republicans think that President Donald Trump and his campaign have been exonerated of any collusion with Russia during the 2016 presidential election. Eighty percent […] Read more »
The Five Wings Of The Republican Party
… We don’t have an official definition of Trumpism, but we’re describing it here in terms of four areas where Trump is somewhat distinct from previous Republican presidents: (i) Anti-institutionalism (his attacks on the Justice Department and the media, for example); (ii) Economic protectionism (his wariness about international trade agreements); […] Read more »
When it comes to younger voters, watch the margin of victory
There’s really no question Democrats are going to win younger voters in 2020. But what matters for them is the size of their margin of victory. Republicans haven’t carried 18-to-29-year-olds in an election cycle since 1994, when exit polling showed them besting Democrats in this age group, 51 percent to […] Read more »
Trump’s Fate Now Even More Squarely in Hands of the Voters
There is still so much we do not know about Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference into the 2016 election. For one thing, none of us — including commentators — have actually seen the report; all we have is a summary from Attorney General William Barr, an appointee of President […] Read more »
Insurgency and Consultants
This blog is mostly about research but I decided to interrupt the regularly scheduled program to weigh in on the DCCC “blacklist” of consultants who help candidates running in primaries against Democratic Caucus members. … I did immediately wonder, however, whether anyone really thinks depriving insurgent candidates of establishment consultants […] Read more »