It is one of the ironies of modern American politics that congressional Republicans have bound themselves virtually en masse to a president with some of the shortest coattails in a generation. For better or worse, Donald Trump has immersed himself in GOP politics — from fundraising to endorsing (and opposing) […] Read more »
Health Care and the 2018 Midterms; Attitudes Towards Proposed Changes to Medicaid
Medicaid continues to be seen favorably by a majority of the public (74 percent) and about half (52 percent) believe the Medicaid program is working well for most low-income people covered by the program. … The February Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds a slight increase in the share of the […] Read more »
Democrats shouldn’t let 1994 guide them on guns
Ask Democratic leaders why they have been reluctant until recently to make gun control a core issue, and the conversation eventually leads to 1994. That year, Democrats lost control of the House for the first time since the early 1950s, just eight weeks after President Bill Clinton signed a ban […] Read more »
Americans’ Views on Health Insurance at the End of a Turbulent Year
About one-third (36%) of Americans who have health coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces and 27 percent of people with Medicaid are pessimistic they will be able to keep their coverage in the future. Of those, nearly half point to the federal government as the main source of their […] Read more »
CNN Poll: 8 in 10 back DACA; supporters hold Trump, GOP responsible for not extending program
Support for continuing the DACA program remains high and bipartisan, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, and about six in 10 Americans say it is likely that it will wind up continuing. The poll, conducted before the Supreme Court declined Monday to immediately consider a case on […] Read more »
How Republicans Can Win the Midterms
There are so many signs of a coming rout in the House in November that’s it’s almost impossible to envision any way for Republicans to hang on to their 24-seat majority. And yet a faint outline of how the party might pull it off is nevertheless taking shape. … It’s […] Read more »