Americans continue to support ban on Russian oil

In interviews conducted March 11-12, new survey data from ABC News and Ipsos finds that a majority of Americans (77%) support banning Russian oil imports even if it means higher gas prices in the U.S. This is in line with other survey research showing more than three-fourths supporting a ban, […] Read more »

Want to Understand the Red-State Onslaught? Look at Florida.

The red-state drive to roll back civil rights is entering a new phase, perhaps best symbolized by Florida’s passage this week of the “Don’t Say ‘Gay’” bill censoring how schools discuss sexual orientation. President Joe Biden’s administration is leaning more heavily into the fight, even as business leaders are retreating […] Read more »

Will Asian Americans Bolt From the Democratic Party?

Over the past three decades, Asian American voters — the fastest-growing group in the country according to Pew — have shifted from decisively supporting Republicans to becoming a reliably Democratic bloc, anchored by firmly liberal views on key national issues. The question now is whether this party loyalty will withstand […] Read more »

Wisconsin: Poll finds inflation fears up, pandemic fears down; primary candidates not yet well known

With just more than five months until Wisconsin’s Aug. 9 primary election, a new Marquette Law School Poll survey of state voters finds that about half of both Republican and Democratic voters say they don’t know whom they support in the races for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate […] Read more »

The Democrats’ real problems aren’t the ones you’re hearing about

President Biden has lackluster poll numbers, and they seem stuck. Democrats can’t pass much legislation on Capitol Hill. There is wide pessimism within the party about the midterms. So a familiar blame game has begun: Message X, Person Y or Campaign Tactic Z is killing the party. The problem? Virtually […] Read more »