… Halfway through his first term, Trump has engraved extraordinarily deep — and stable — lines of division in the public about his priorities, policies and personality. Though cheered by a passionate and seemingly immovable base of supporters, he has become the first president in the history of modern polling […] Read more »
Republicans and Democrats have grown further apart on what the nation’s top priorities should be
Republicans and Democrats have long held differing views about policy solutions, but throughout most of the recent past there was rough partisan agreement about the set of issues that were the top priorities for the nation. However, that is less and less the case. Republicans and Democrats have been moving […] Read more »
The Struggle Comes Home: Attacks on Democracy in the United States
… The great challenges facing US democracy did not commence with the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Intensifying political polarization, declining economic mobility, the outsized influence of special interests, and the diminished influence of fact-based reporting in favor of bellicose partisan media were all problems afflicting the health of American […] Read more »
Internal Schultz presidential polling shows him in double digits, eligible for debate stage
New internal polling from former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz shows him pulling about 17 percent of the vote in hypothetical presidential matchups between President Trump and either Democrat Kamala Harris or Elizabeth Warren. CONT. Ben Kamisar, NBC News WATCH: The #MTP panel discusses Howard Schultz’s potential presidential campaign and its […] Read more »
Wide party divide could be opening for independent candidate
For many years, American voters complained that politics often boiled down to a bland choice between two nearly interchangeable products — Brand D and Brand R. Not anymore. A new Pew Research Center poll shows that the majority of Americans, 54 percent, believe there is “a great deal” of difference […] Read more »
Where is the center of gravity in the Democratic Party?
The opening weeks of the Democrats’ 2020 nomination campaign reflect the party’s continuing leftward movement. Presidential candidates have sketched out an agenda of big social welfare ambitions and a bigger federal government. What the party needs is a rigorous debate about those programs and the details behind them. … The […] Read more »