In the wake of former President Donald Trump’s indictment on charges related to a payment of hush money to an adult film actress, half of Americans view the charges as serious, and nearly as many feel that Trump should be charged with a crime, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll shows. […] Read more »
Plurality of the public supports Trump indictment
A plurality of Americans think former President Donald Trump should have been charged by a Manhattan grand jury with a history-making indictment, yet a near equal amount believe that the charges against him are politically motivated, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. According to the poll, 45% think Trump […] Read more »
Post-indictment poll: Trump surges to largest-ever lead over DeSantis
A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll — one of the first conducted after former President Donald Trump was indicted Thursday for his role in paying hush money to a porn star — shows Trump surging to his largest-ever lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his likely 2024 GOP primary challenger, as […] Read more »
Trump’s Legal Problems Are Putting the GOP in a Vise
The dilemma for the Republican Party is that Donald Trump’s mounting legal troubles may be simultaneously strengthening him as a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination and weakening him as a potential general-election nominee. In the days leading up to the indictment of the former president, which Manhattan District Attorney […] Read more »
For Trump’s indictment, don’t expect much movement from the public
Late yesterday, news broke that New York prosecutors are indicting former President Donald Trump on criminal charges, another historic and unprecedented notch in the story of Donald Trump in politics. … The exact charges are still under seal by the grand jury, but they seem to hinge on money Trump […] Read more »
Americans feel favorably about many federal agencies, especially the Park Service, Postal Service and NASA
… Americans view 14 of 16 federal agencies more favorably than unfavorably, according to a survey of 10,701 adults conducted March 13-19 by Pew Research Center. Of those 14 agencies, 11 have net favorable ratings of 15 points or more. … Democrats and those who lean toward the Democratic Party […] Read more »