Climate change will impose the greatest economic losses on Republican-leaning areas of the country that are almost uniformly resisting new efforts to combat it, according to a sweeping new study released Tuesday. In the study, researchers at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program found that states, counties and congressional districts […] Read more »
Americans’ Take on State of the Union on Hold
Today marks what was planned to be President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, now on hold until Feb. 5 after the shutdown-induced delay. Speech or no speech, it’s difficult at this juncture to assess the state of the union. The nation is in a three-week holding period, waiting […] Read more »
2 years into Trump’s presidency, a deficit in confidence across government
Two years into Donald Trump’s presidency and after a month-plus partial shutdown, a wide deficit of confidence marks public views of the government in Washington: Americans give poor marks to Trump’s work across a range of issues – yet broadly mistrust the opposition as well. Only 35 percent in this […] Read more »
Inside Democratic coalition, three groups show fissures
The last few years have revealed more than a few cracks in the Republican Party, but the Democrats have divisions lurking in their voter coalition as well and this week’s NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows where some of those fault lines lie. To better understand the various segments of […] Read more »
Americans support investigating Trump, but many are skeptical that inquiries will be fair, new poll finds
The American people have mixed feelings about investigating President Trump, with clear majorities wanting newly empowered Democrats to dig into his personal finances and foreign ties but most believing that Congress should not begin impeachment proceedings, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. The public’s cautiousness extends to its […] Read more »
6 in 10 back Democratic inquiries — including release of Trump taxes
Six in 10 Americans in an ABC News/Washington Post poll say the new Democratic majority in the House should make use of its authority to obtain and publicly release Donald Trump’s tax returns, while about as many support other Democratic-led investigations of the president. Beyond the tax issue, 57 to […] Read more »