Our September 2017 survey results demonstrate consistently strong concerns about American democracy over the past month, although slightly lessened compared to August. From August to September, ratings improved on every dimension except civil liberties. However, democracy experts still see American political behavior in 2017 as firmly outside the norm for […] Read more »
Education Split in Alabama Primary Suggests Bumpy 2018 for GOP Senate
The impact of former judge Roy Moore’s landslide win in Alabama’s Republican Senate primary extends beyond that seat or this week’s tally of political “winners and losers.” A closer look at the election results suggests the fallout may extend into 2018 and a more fundamental remaking of the Senate GOP […] Read more »
Alabama Victory Provides Blueprint for New Bannon Alliance
Stephen K. Bannon and two of his longtime benefactors are putting together a political coalition designed to ensure that the victory of a Republican insurgent in the Alabama Senate primary this week was just the beginning of the surprises that await the party establishment. Mr. Bannon brings to the effort […] Read more »
A Divided Party Cannot Stand. Or Can It?
Eight years after the rise of the Tea Party, the GOP remains engaged in intra-party warfare. Capturing all levers of political power in Washington has done nothing to temper the deep-seeded tension between the forces of the traditional “establishment” wing of the party and its populist/libertarian infused “anti-establishment” wing. … […] Read more »
Americans’ Views of Supreme Court Ideology Shift
For the first time in nearly a decade, more Americans say the Supreme Court is too conservative (30%) than too liberal (23%). These views are reversed from last year, when 37% said the court was too liberal and 20% too conservative. Overall, the most popular view is that the Supreme […] Read more »
Allies in name only? Latino-only leadership on DACA may trigger implicit racial biases among White liberals
Even before Attorney General Jeff Sessions officially announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, activists began mobilizing. … Despite past failure of Congress to pass immigration reform, some signals out of Washington suggest the possibility for a bipartisan solution. Whether Congress will act likely depends […] Read more »