… Republicans have been pushing legislation at the state level to make voting at least somewhat more difficult than it was for the 2020 election. This has come in the wake of polls showing many Republicans doubt the election result. It is unclear what effect this legislation will ultimately have […] Read more »
The GOP commitment to democracy
… We conducted a survey of registered voters in Pennsylvania, a battleground that represents the major divisions in our national politics, to assess Republicans’ commitment to democracy. We asked respondents about their support for certain principles of democracy as well as for their assessment of how American democracy is working […] Read more »
Faith in numbers: Trump held steady among believers at the ballot – it was the nonreligious vote he lost in 2020
White evangelicals continued to back Trump in 2020 in significant numbers. Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Ryan Burge, Eastern Illinois University For all the predictions and talk of a slump in support among evangelicals, it appears Donald Trump’s election loss was not at the hands of religious voters. […] Read more »
Existential Threat — Or Politics As Usual?
In Washington — and in many state capitols — legislators and activists have cast voting legislation in apocalyptic terms, claiming that any change in voter law represents an existential threat to democracy as we know it. New rules on obtaining a ballot are decried as suppression, while anything that opens […] Read more »
The GOP’s continuing Donald Trump problem
Donald Trump isn’t finished inflicting pain on the Republican Party. Republicans’ unwillingness to deal with their Trump problem, as late as his second impeachment, could well cost them dearly in 2022 and beyond. My Republican colleague, and Trump pollster, Tony Fabrizio, racks up the data that should be scaring the […] Read more »
2020 Was as Geographically Polarized as 2016, But Biden Did Just a Little Better in the Right Places
… Biden was supposed to be uniquely appealing to the type of white, older, modestly-educated, socially traditionalist voter who had wandered away from the Democratic Party sometime between Barack Obama’s first victory and Hillary Clinton’s last defeat. A candidate who won back a significant share of this electoral bloc while […] Read more »