Just how far will Republicans go in following President Donald Trump’s embrace of Russia? An answer may be crystallizing as the GOP mobilizes its defense of the president against impeachment. Both congressional Republicans and conservative commentators are defending Trump from impeachment partly by accusing Ukraine of intervening against him in […] Read more »
Mocked Abroad and Assailed at Home, Trump Returns to Face Impeachment
When times turn tough, presidents can hop on Air Force One to escape the country for a while and stride purposefully across the world stage. But the world stage was not so friendly this week for President Trump, who landed back in Washington on Wednesday night to confront a grim […] Read more »
Americans Have Long Seen NATO as Good for U.S.
As President Donald Trump and other leaders of NATO countries gather in the United Kingdom to celebrate the organization’s 70th anniversary, two Gallup analyses detail Americans’ current and historical views of U.S. participation in the military alliance. CONT. Lydia Saad, Gallup Read more »
CNN Poll: No change in views on impeachment after public hearings
After five days of public hearings in House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, public opinion over whether the President ought to be impeached and removed from office remains exactly the same as it was in October, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. Half of Americans say […] Read more »
Plenty Of People Are Persuadable On Impeachment
The impeachment hearings have been making headlines and drawing big ratings. We’ll soon see whether the blitz of testimony has also had an impact on whether Americans think President Trump committed an impeachable offense when we reinterview our panel of voters, who we’ve partnered with Ipsos to survey repeatedly over […] Read more »
A Split Decision From Congress Will Leave Voters With Final Say on Trump
… Everyone is playing their assigned role in a drama where the ending seems known in advance as the House of Representatives heads toward a likely party-line vote to impeach the president, followed by a Senate trial that will not convict him. But if the outcome of the showdown on […] Read more »