With the first full week of hearings for the House select committee’s investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol now complete, nearly 6 in 10 Americans believe former President Donald Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in the incident, a new ABC News/Ipsos […] Read more »
Biden disapproval hits new high as more Americans say they would vote for Trump
As inflation keeps rising and recession fears loom, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that Joe Biden is currently in the worst shape of his presidency. The survey of 1,541 U.S. adults, which was conducted from June 10-13, found that if another presidential election were held today, more registered voters […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Record-high negative views of Biden
Fifty-seven percent view Biden negatively, while 42% view him positively. … Former President Trump is also underwater, with a 44% favorable rating compared to 55% unfavorable. … Biden’s job performance also suffers on all issues tested: more disapprove than approve of the job he’s doing by 48 points on inflation, […] Read more »
Parties Ask: Will Our Last Nominee Be Our Next Nominee?
Will our 2020 presidential nominee run again in 2024? That’s the question hanging over both of the major political parties right now. … Putting aside an unlikely primary challenge, one could draw a Venn diagram of Democratic attitudes on the subject. One circle represents Democrats afraid that Biden can’t win […] Read more »
Half of Americans now predict U.S. may ‘cease to be a democracy’ someday
A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that most Democrats (55%) and Republicans (53%) now believe it is “likely” that America will “cease to be a democracy in the future” — a stunning expression of bipartisan despair about the direction of the country. … At the same time, however, a large […] Read more »
American Democracy is Under Threat — and Newsrooms Are Mobilizing to Cover It
Think about a “threat to democracy,” and it’s easy to conjure up an image of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — the nation’s very seat of government besieged by rioters convinced that the presidential election was rigged. … While the insurrection was a wake-up call for the nation […] Read more »