Can a country move ahead when its citizens hold dueling facts? Shutterstock David C. Barker, American University School of Public Affairs and Morgan Marietta, University of Massachusetts Lowell The Mueller report was supposed to settle, once and for all, the controversy over whether the Trump team colluded with Russians or […] Read more »
‘Hung jury’: Public remains divided over Mueller probe in new NBC/WSJ poll
Sixty percent of Americans say President Donald Trump has been dishonest in the Russia investigation, while only a third believe the report by special counsel Robert Mueller clears the president of wrongdoing. Still, the public remains divided on impeaching Trump, with nearly half of respondents opposing holding impeachment hearings, and […] Read more »
Why don’t Americans want to impeach Trump?
Americans’ heightened aversion to impeachment — 29 percent favor impeachment in the latest Quinnipiac poll, while 66 percent do not — seems unrelated to a belief in President Trump’s innocence or approval of his performance. In the same poll in which 66 percent oppose impeachment, including 38 percent of Democrats, […] Read more »
The Aftermath: A look at the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll results about the Mueller report
On this week’s episode of our podcast, Poll Hub, we drill down into the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll results on the subject. From investigations to impeachment, the Poll Hub team reveals what Americans want Congress to do next and the potential impact of the Mueller report on the 2020 presidential […] Read more »
Mueller was right to worry about William Barr’s actions, a new poll suggests
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) began Wednesday’s William P. Barr hearing by suggesting that questions about Barr’s misleading previews of the Mueller report were overblown. “Here’s the good news,” Graham said, holding up a copy of it, “you can read the report!” But a new poll shows […] Read more »
Most Democrats Back Impeachment Hearings, A Move That’s Unpopular Overall
Most Democrats want impeachment hearings to begin now that special counsel Robert Mueller’s redacted findings are public, but that idea is still unpopular overall, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. The results come as national Democratic Party leaders and 2020 presidential candidates are grappling with how to approach an […] Read more »