Like colliding storm systems, the three central dynamics shaping the 2018 electoral battlefield converged in President Trump’s first State of the Union address on Tuesday. And control of Congress may turn on which one of these forces voters weigh most heavily. The first dynamic is the buoyant state of the […] Read more »
FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast: Which Version Of Trump’s Presidency Is Happening?
On the eve of President Trump’s first official State of the Union address, the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast checks in on how his administration is doing, and which of the 14 versions of Trump’s presidency that Nate outlined about a year ago look like they could still happen. The team also […] Read more »
Polls show ‘no one’ cares about the Russia investigation, White House press secretary said. That’s not true.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said President Trump will not address the ongoing investigation into collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia because no Americans care about the issue. At Monday’s White House briefing, Sanders said: “We spend more time on that than we do any other topic […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: As Trump ends year one, record number rate economy ‘excellent’
A Fox News Poll conducted at the end of President Trump’s first year in the White House finds more voters rate the economy positively today than have in nearly two decades. And they give the White House credit for that: nearly twice as many say the Trump administration has made […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Nearly 8 in 10 say Trump ought to testify for Mueller if asked
Almost 8 in 10 Americans say President Donald Trump should testify under oath if asked to do so for the investigation being run by special counsel Robert Mueller, including majorities across party lines, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Read more »
Amid record low one-year approval, half question Trump’s mental stability
A year in the presidential spotlight hasn’t been kind to President Donald Trump: His approval rating is the lowest in modern polling for a president at this point, with deep deficits on policy and personal matters alike. Strikingly, the public divides evenly on whether or not he’s mentally stable. CONT. […] Read more »