Key Points• We are making 10 House rating changes, 9 of which benefit Republicans.• Our overall best guess at the net change in the House — a GOP gain somewhere in the 20s — remains unchanged.• We don’t see a huge impact, so far, from the Supreme Court’s landmark abortion […] Read more »
Californians and the Environment
With California facing a severe drought and wildfire season, public awareness has risen of the impact of climate change as well as state policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A sharp increase in petroleum prices has led to discussions about expanding oil production and renewable energy sources. These are among […] Read more »
Backlash: The Counter-Revolutions Driving Politics & Policy
Politics and policy move in cycles. The pendulum swings from growing government to conservative retrenchment, less regulation to stronger oversight, Democratic leadership to Republican. Momentum is shifting again. There are four key backlashes to recent trends that businesses and investors must understand and navigate to succeed in 2023-24. CONTINUED – […] Read more »
The Jan. 6 hearings sparked headlines but haven’t changed many minds, poll shows
The explosive congressional hearings into the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol have sparked headlines, but an exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds that they aren’t changing many minds. Among Republicans, just 7% say the dramatic presentations by the special House committee have made them view the attack as more […] Read more »
CNN Poll: January 6 hearings haven’t changed opinions much, but most agree Trump acted unethically
After the eight public hearings held by the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, the American public’s views on the state of democracy and the threat posed to it by that event have changed little, according to a new CNN poll conducted by […] Read more »
Battling To A Democratic Win In 2022
Democrats face the most daunting internal problems and headwinds getting to a winning margin in the 2022 midterms, yet this angry and Republican-leaning electorate gives them a 2-point margin in the vote. Democracy Corps conducted a national web survey among 2,500 registered voters from July 8-16, 2022. The data includes […] Read more »