Trump’s options for winning a second term are narrowing

The tumultuous impeachment hearings and the string of GOP election losses this fall underline the electoral risks Republicans are courting as they allow President Donald Trump to refashion the party in his combative image. In overlapping ways, the election results and the hearings — in particular Trump’s characteristically belligerent response […] Read more »

Democrats far more likely than Republicans to see discrimination against blacks, not whites

Americans are more than twice as likely to say there is at least some discrimination against blacks in the U.S. (77%) as they are to say this about whites (36%). But these opinions differ substantially along partisan lines: Far larger shares of Democrats than Republicans say there is a lot […] Read more »

As Support for Trump’s Impeachment Grows, His Base Digs In Its Heels

A new survey of the country’s cultural and political landscape found that support for impeaching and removing President Trump from office is rising among most Americans, but that Republicans remain almost unanimously opposed, leaving Mr. Trump with a loyal but shrinking core of supporters. The findings, released on Monday by […] Read more »