President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has risen to 44% after the conclusion of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. While views of Trump have improved, the public’s heightened positivity does not extend to views of Congress, as its 21% approval rating is essentially unchanged from January. CONT. Megan […] Read more »
GOP rebranding operation is underway – with Democratic help
… Republicans have launched a campaign to redefine Democrats as a gang of radicals who want to undercut basic American institutions and beliefs. The GOP line goes something like this: These extremists want to turn the United States into Venezuela and destroy democracy and the free market. As House Republican […] Read more »
Poll Hub: An interview with Mark Murray
In this week’s episode of Poll Hub, we welcome Mark Murray, Senior Political Editor for NBC News and The Marist Poll’s battleground state polling partner. Murray adds his keen political analysis to the team’s discussion of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address. CONT. Marist Poll Read more »
State of the Union 2019 Dial Meter Test Results
On behalf of the Voter Participation Center and Women’s Voices. Women Vote Action Fund, Democracy Corps conducted live dial-meter testing of the 2019 State of the Union address among the Rising American Electorate (African Americans, Latinos, white unmarried women and white millennials), white working-class women, and white college women. Here […] Read more »
Democrats are right to be wary of Howard Schultz
The frenzy over businessman Howard Schultz’s announcement that he is considering an independent run for president is understandable. Democrats think President Donald Trump is headed for defeat in a one-on-one general election contest, and anything that changes that trajectory improves his re-election prospects. Unfortunately, few of the people who panicked […] Read more »
Trump Is Walling Off the GOP
The most misleading line in Donald Trump’s State of the Union address this week might have also been the most revealing about how he is reconfiguring the Republican Party and reshaping America’s electoral alignment. “Legal immigrants enrich our nation and strengthen our society in countless ways,” he declared at one […] Read more »