Two-thirds of Americans say people brought to the United States as children and now residing in the country illegally should be granted legal status — and a majority are against building a wall along the border with Mexico, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll. CONT. Domenico Montanaro, NPR Read more »
Trump, Running Alongside the Market’s Bulls, Risks Being Trampled
As President Trump boasted about the economy during a speech on Monday, he left out one of his favorite lines. Nowhere did he mention the skyrocketing stock market. Viewers at home understood why. … No president in modern times has connected his political fortunes to the stock market as much […] Read more »
Could A Stock Market Downturn Tank Trump’s Approval Rating?
The stock market fell on Monday. A lot. … President Trump has spent lots of time bragging about the stock market over the past year, from dozens and dozens of references in his Twitter feed to a riff about it in last week’s State of the Union address. Moreover, the […] Read more »
The instant-gratification president reaps what he sows as markets sink
… The Dow was soaring, and Trump was tweeting and all was well. Each day the market was up was a good day for Trump and he missed few opportunities to make that case to the public. The Dow’s gains were even maybe reducing the federal debt somehow, who knows! […] Read more »
Presidency Affects Americans’ Lives in Many Ways
About half of Americans (52%) say “the person who is serving as president” (regardless of whom that happens to be) affects their overall happiness a fair amount (30%) or a great deal (22%). Americans also say the presidency has a major effect on their fundamental attitudes about the nation as […] Read more »
Voters Feel Good About the Economy, Not About Trump
There is an acute struggle dividing U.S. voters that isn’t about Democrats versus Republicans or differences on issues. It’s about the public’s optimistic view of the economy during the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency and the simultaneously pessimistic view of Trump himself. The contrast is striking. CONT. Albert R. […] Read more »