For well over a year now, President Biden’s vaunted negotiating style largely boiled down to this: I’m with you. After he vanquished Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont in the Democratic primary, he brought the liberal icon’s ardent supporters into the fold by embracing much of the senator’s platform even as […] Read more »
Our republic is gravely sick. A new poll confirms it.
Many Americans are increasingly concerned that our national heritage, our democratic republic, is seriously in danger. A new poll from the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics confirms that we have reason to worry — and that the fault is in ourselves, not our political stars. We can see the […] Read more »
New Initiative Explores Deep, Persistent Divides Between Biden and Trump Voters
The University of Virginia Center for Politics has partnered with Project Home Fire, a new initiative dedicated to finding common ground in American politics, on an innovative new data analytics and polling project to explore the social, political, and psychological divides between those who voted for Donald Trump and those […] Read more »
They Voted For Trump, And Then Biden. How Do These Swing Voters See Biden Now?
Some swing voters who supported Joe Biden over Donald Trump in 2020’s election are a bit unsure now. Some are still turned off by the ex-president but also uncertain about Biden and the Democrats. Don Gonyea, NPR News The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll results […] Read more »
Supreme Court observers see trouble ahead as public approval of justices erodes
The Supreme Court’s approval rating is plummeting, its critics are more caustic and justices are feeling compelled to plead the case to the public that they are judicial philosophers, not politicians in robes. All of this as the court embarks Oct. 4 on one of the most potentially divisive terms […] Read more »
Poll numbers down, justices say they aren’t politicians
Three Supreme Court justices delivered the same plea in rapid succession in recent days: Don’t view justices as politicians. The justices have reason to be concerned. Recent polls show a sharp drop in approval of a court now dominated by conservatives. … To some observers, the Supreme Court is facing […] Read more »