With the powerful case it has assembled against former President Donald Trump, the bipartisan House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection may provide the clearest — and potentially most ominous — measure yet available of how completely red and blue America have separated into divergent information bubbles that […] Read more »
What Ordinary Republicans Think About January 6
… I live in a deep-red part of America. According to the New York Times neighborhood political calculator, only 15 percent of my neighbors are Democrats. That’s one reason why I laugh when Beltway Republicans and Acela-corridor conservatives purport to explain Trump’s appeal to me. They’re “explaining” the actions of […] Read more »
A look at how Americans have viewed the Jan. 6 Capitol attack
Ahead of the House select committee’s first public hearings on its investigation into the events of Jan. 6, 2021, most Americans — 70% — think it’s at least somewhat important to find out what happened on that day and who was involved, according to a recent CBS News poll. But […] Read more »
Half of U.S. Republicans believe the left led Jan. 6 violence: Reuters/Ipsos poll
More than half of U.S. Republicans believe the false claim that left-wing protesters led the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot to try to make then-President Donald Trump look bad, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll. The two-day poll, completed on Wednesday, underscored the deep partisan lens through which […] Read more »
What did Trump know, and when did he know it?
The chronology is so symbolically perfect that it borders on the eerie. Next week, we will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in. And this Thursday night marks the start of the House Select Committee public hearings on the Jan. 6 insurrection — a chilling event that displaced Watergate […] Read more »
Voters in the middle are critical to watch in the Jan. 6 debate
In our increasingly polarized politics, the middle of the electorate — swing voters, independents and soft partisans — has become crucial in measuring public opinion. If you don’t have the middle on your side in a particular debate, you’re not going to get a majority of public support, or close […] Read more »