Some swing voters who supported Joe Biden over Donald Trump in 2020’s election are a bit unsure now. Some are still turned off by the ex-president but also uncertain about Biden and the Democrats. Don Gonyea, NPR News The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll results […] Read more »
Declining Share of Republicans Say It Is Important To Prosecute Jan. 6 Rioters
As the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol ramps up its investigation into the events of that day, most Americans continue to say it is important to find and prosecute those who broke into and rioted at the Capitol. However, since March, there has […] Read more »
The survival of U.S. democracy may hinge on this decision by Pa.’s next governor
… Pennsylvania — the closest battleground state with the most electoral votes, where the election was called for Biden last November — is a powerful example of exactly what the Trump scheme to unwind American democracy looks like. In Harrisburg, Republican legislative leaders — after weeks of lobbying and browbeating […] Read more »
Supreme Court observers see trouble ahead as public approval of justices erodes
The Supreme Court’s approval rating is plummeting, its critics are more caustic and justices are feeling compelled to plead the case to the public that they are judicial philosophers, not politicians in robes. All of this as the court embarks Oct. 4 on one of the most potentially divisive terms […] Read more »
Our constitutional crisis is already here
The United States is heading into its greatest political and constitutional crisis since the Civil War, with a reasonable chance over the next three to four years of incidents of mass violence, a breakdown of federal authority, and the division of the country into warring red and blue enclaves. The […] Read more »
21 million Americans say Biden is ‘illegitimate’ and Trump should be restored by violence, survey finds
Some Americans are looking past Joe Biden, seeking the return of Donald Trump as president. AP Photo/Julio Cortez Robert A. Pape, University of Chicago A recent Washington demonstration supporting those charged with crimes for the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol fizzled, with no more than 200 demonstrators showing […] Read more »