In the immediate wake of the January 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection, we asked Americans how they would describe those people who stormed the Capitol. At the time, the most common word Americans used to describe people involved in the storming was, by far, “terrorists.” People also frequently used words like […] Read more »
New York State: Hochul Dominating Primary Field; Viewed Most Favorably by Dems
Governor Kathy Hochul is – five months before the primary – the clear favorite among New York Democrats, leading potential primary opponents by more than 30 points. She has the support of 46 percent of Democrats, compared to 12 percent for former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, 11 […] Read more »
Martin Luther King Jr. was right. Racism and opposition to democracy are linked, our research finds.
… In a survey of a nationally representative sample of 1,000 American adults fielded Dec. 14 to 20, we asked respondents about their views on racism in American society — specifically, whether they agreed that White people enjoy advantages based on skin color or that racial problems were isolated situations, […] Read more »
Biden at year one: Not enough focus on inflation leaves many frustrated
On one level, the story of President Biden’s first year is a simple one: Americans feel worse about the pandemic and economy than they did earlier in his term, and his ratings have suffered for it. On another level, it’s a little more nuanced: they do not exclusively blame his […] Read more »
Biden’s team takes a page from Trump: Pushing back on poor poll numbers
Donald Trump’s self-worth has long been defined by numbers. His net worth (which he would often inflate). The ratings for “The Apprentice.” And once he entered politics, polling. … In June 2020, Trump offered one of his more unusual responses to a bad poll. CNN and its polling partner SSRS […] Read more »
The Inescapable Backdrop of Gavin Newsom’s Parole Decision
Maxwell Taylor Kennedy, one of the nine surviving children of the late Robert F. Kennedy, was at the family compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, with a gaggle of his relatives and siblings last August when the California Board of Parole Hearings unexpectedly recommended the release of the man who assassinated […] Read more »