Three years ago, Pew Research Center found that the 2016 presidential campaign was “unfolding against a backdrop of intense partisan division and animosity.” Today, the level of division and animosity – including negative sentiments among partisans toward the members of the opposing party – has only deepened. … The survey […] Read more »
How Impeachment Affects Vulnerable Democrats
House Democrats are on recess and back in their districts this week, gauging how their constituents are feeling about impeachment. Public opinion has moved toward support of the impeachment inquiry, but many Democratic strategists remain especially concerned that the 31 House Democrats who represent districts that backed President Donald Trump […] Read more »
Rising Secularism and the Vanishing Latinx Republicans
In 2004 the exit polls reported that about 40 percent of Latinxs voted for George W. Bush’s reelection, the highest percentage ever of Latinxs for a Republican candidate. There was talk about Latinxs potentially helping the Republican Party become a more diverse organization and competitive among people of color. As […] Read more »
Washington is trapped in a bad spy novel
It’s been a bad week in Washington and it’s not likely to get any better soon. In fact, it’s beginning to feel like the whole town and everyone in it is trapped in a really bad spy novel. … Polls are showing a tightening on the impeachment question raising flags […] Read more »
How Can Democrats Keep Themselves From Overreaching?
During my political lifetime, there have been four moments when the continuing viability of the Republican Party has been cast in doubt: the 1964 landslide defeat of Barry Goldwater, Watergate, the 1992 defeat of George H.W. Bush and the 2008 loss by John McCain. … There are some strategists — […] Read more »
Satisfaction With 2020 Candidates Is Running High
Three-quarters of U.S. Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say they are generally pleased with the selection of candidates running for their party’s 2020 presidential nomination. That is among the highest levels of satisfaction with candidates for the Democratic nomination Gallup has measured since it first asked the question in 1992, although […] Read more »