Barely 4 in 10 Americans say the state of the union is strong, which is down from a majority who felt that way five years ago. The Monmouth University Poll also finds most of the public feels the federal government has a negative impact on people’s lives. More tend to […] Read more »
Americans have low confidence in leaders, GOP at risk in political disputes
Americans expressed scant confidence in President Joe Biden and his party heading into the 2023 State of the Union address. Yet wide majorities also lack faith in their Republican counterparts, and a new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds the GOP at risk on two fronts, the debt ceiling debate and […] Read more »
Partisan divide over education goes beyond Critical Race Theory
This week the College Board announced it was revising the curriculum of its new Advanced Placement African American Studies course, removing elements around Black writers associated with Critical Race Theory as well as content relating to Black LGBTQ issues and Black feminism. It also added “Black conservatism” as an idea […] Read more »
How Much Longer Can ‘Vote Blue No Matter Who!’ Last?
Over the past four decades, the percentage of white Democrats who identify themselves as liberal has more than doubled, growing at a much faster pace than Black or Hispanic Democrats. In 1984, according to American National Election Studies data, 29.8 percent of white Democrats identified as liberal; by 2020, that […] Read more »
Overall approval of U.S. Supreme Court has ticked up from post-Dobbs low six months ago
A new Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds that 47% of adults approve of the job the U.S. Supreme Court is doing, while 53% disapprove. Approval of the Court has been rising from a recent low point of 38% in July 2022, although it remains well below the 60% […] Read more »
How Right-Wing Media Ate the Republican Party
Nicole Hemmer, director of the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Center for the American Presidency at Vanderbilt University, explains why the roots of the G.O.P.’s ongoing identity crisis can be found in the 1990s. The Ezra Klein Show The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll […] Read more »