Both congressional Democrats and Republicans have demonstrated strong party unity during the partial government shutdown, which has now gone on for 26 days and is the longest shutdown in U.S. history. This level of party discipline echoes what happened in 2017 and 2018, suggesting the midterms didn’t change the broader […] Read more »
Voters didn’t want a stalemate. But they expected one from Dems
The 116th Congress has arrived, and less than two weeks into the session, America has already tasted the fruits of its electoral labors last November. It’s been quite a debut for House Democrats. … In our early December Winning the Issues survey, we looked at voter perceptions and expectations for […] Read more »
Most Border Wall Opponents, Supporters Say Shutdown Concessions Are Unacceptable
With the partial shutdown of the federal government in its third week, both opponents and supporters of expanding the U.S.-Mexico border wall overwhelmingly oppose making concessions to end the stalemate. A new Pew Research Center survey finds that majority of Americans (58%) continue to oppose substantially expanding the border wall, […] Read more »
Judge bars citizenship question from 2020 census
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration Tuesday from asking about citizenship status on the 2020 census, the first major ruling in cases contending officials ramrodded the question through for Republican political purposes to intentionally undercount immigrants. CONT. Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Read more »
Why does the GOP persist?
Why do they persist? The evidence is clear: voters oppose a wall, oppose the shutdown, and favor reopening the government without funding the wall, seeing far better ways to protect the border. … And voters are clearly blaming Trump and the GOP for a shutdown few Americans want. Republicans are […] Read more »
Trump has boxed himself in on the shutdown with nowhere to go
New polling indicates that President Donald Trump does not have a winning option to get out of this partial government shutdown, and his position is deteriorating. Let’s start with the most important fact when it comes to gaming out the shutdown: the President is becoming more unpopular. His net approval […] Read more »