With less than three weeks to go until the midterm elections, registered voters’ preferences are nearly evenly divided: 41% say they favor the Democratic candidates in their districts, while a nearly identical percentage (40%) support Republican candidates; 18% are not sure how they will vote or favor candidates other than […] Read more »
The 2022 election influencers
To really understand an election, you have to understand the motivations — and the lives — of the Americans voting in it. But too often our politics misses the point, and just describes people as demographic groups or party labels. We can do better. We’ve got the data for it: […] Read more »
Democrats want you thinking about abortion in the voting booth
Democrats are redoubling their efforts to keep abortion as a top issue in the midterms, as Republicans see signs voters may be shifting to concerns about the economy and crime in the home stretch. … Polls have consistently shown Democrats with an advantage over Republicans on abortion. But there have […] Read more »
Trump Should Testify to Jan. 6 Committee
Opinion on Donald Trump’s involvement in the January 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol has not moved after what was billed as the final public hearing of the House committee investigating the incident. However, most Americans feel the former president should have to appear before the committee and that any […] Read more »
The Jan. 6 committee isn’t moving voters because the ‘Big Lie’ already did
The literal battle lines were drawn on Jan. 6, 2021, as police faced off against pro-Trump rioters at the Capitol. In the days to follow, the political battle lines formed over the importance of that day, and who was to blame. Public opinion has not shifted much since then, even […] Read more »
Voters See Democracy in Peril, but Saving It Isn’t a Priority
Voters overwhelmingly believe American democracy is under threat, but seem remarkably apathetic about that danger, with few calling it the nation’s most pressing problem, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll. In fact, more than a third of independent voters and a smaller but noteworthy contingent of Democrats said […] Read more »