In late March, Special Counsel Robert Mueller wrote Attorney General William Barr a letter expressing concern that Barr had mischaracterized the special counsel’s conclusions to Congress earlier that month. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses the political repercussions of Mueller’s letter, which was made public […] Read more »
CNN Poll: With Mueller investigation over, Trump approval at 43%
With Robert Mueller’s investigation finished, Donald Trump’s approval rating stands at its highest level since April 2017 in a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, as the share who say Democrats in Congress are doing too much to investigate the President rises 6 points. Trump’s approval rating remains largely negative […] Read more »
Studying how law and order issues are framed has helped to uncover 2016’s shy Trump voters
Racial tensions surged back onto the American political agenda during the 2016 election. Following numerous mass protests and sporadic riots sparked by the deaths of people of color at the hands of police officers, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump took opposite positions on the “law and order” issue. Clinton expressed […] Read more »
The exoneration that wasn’t: A majority of Americans think Mueller didn’t clear Trump
There is at least one point on which a majority of Americans agree as it relates to the recently completed investigation by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III. According to new Washington Post-ABC News polling, more than half of Americans believe that the final report written by Mueller and his […] Read more »
Census Showdown: The implications of including a citizenship question in the 2020 U.S. Census
The debate over the inclusion of a citizenship question in the 2020 U.S. Census is now before the U.S. Supreme Court. On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, we discuss the importance of the decision both politically and in the world of polling. Then, NPR’s Lead Political Editor Domenico Montanaro […] Read more »
31% believe Trump is exonerated after Mueller report, 56% oppose impeachment
Donald Trump’s approval rating is essentially unchanged at a historically weak 39 percent after the release of the Mueller report, just three in 10 Americans accept the president’s claim to have been exonerated and 58 percent in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll say the president lied to the public […] Read more »