The bad news for Republicans: Their base doesn’t like their plan for repealing Obamacare, and they don’t think President Donald Trump’s planned tax overhaul will help them. The good news for Republicans: It might not matter when the 2018 midterms roll around. That’s a key takeaway from the latest POLITICO-Harvard […] Read more »
Tools for a Wave Election in 2018
The first wave of Women’s Voices. Women Vote Action Fund’s ongoing web-panel of persuasion and turnout targets with simultaneous national phone survey conducted by Democracy Corps provides progressive leaders and allies with credible tools to turn 2018 into a disruptive wave election. Wave elections come when one party is fully […] Read more »
Americans’ Approval of Congress Remains Low, Steady
The 20% job approval rating that Americans give Congress is essentially unchanged from June. Approval of Congress has hovered near 20% since August 2016, apart from a brief bump to 28% in February after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. CONT. RJ Reinhart, Gallup Read more »
To win in 2018, focus on specifics
… The historical record is crystal clear: low Presidential approval costs a president’s party seats in the midterm. … Keeping the president’s failing and flailing at the forefront of public attention is a role well-suited for the party and its congressional wing. But individual candidates need to do much more […] Read more »
Democrats Take Heart: The GOP Is Sinking
… While the Democratic brand is certainly not sterling these days, polls consistently show that the party is viewed more favorably than Republicans and stratospherically better than President Trump. CONT. Charlie Cook Read more »
What Public Opinion of the Russia Investigations Reveals About Trust in Democratic Institutions
Recent polling data on the Russia investigation underscores the degree to which partisanship taints Americans’ assessment of security politics. Not only are Americans intensely polarized in their assessment of matters related to the investigation into Russian election interference, but their assessments of the validity of intelligence community analysis are also […] Read more »