Like most Americans, and nearly everyone on my side of the partisan divide, I’m thrilled with the agenda President Biden has laid out and pleased with the high levels of public support it has generated. … Some commentators suggest these findings herald a fundamentally new and more expansive view of […] Read more »
Biden could be the one to finally begin poaching the GOP’s core voters
In a democracy, any serious governing project is also a political project. Presidents who want their achievements to endure know they must create majorities to sustain their visions over time. … The ongoing debate among pollsters is whether economic policies can really move the numbers among White working-class voters. After […] Read more »
American Politics Now Has Two Big Racial Divides
There’s been a recent flurry of studies and analyses that take a deeper look at the results of the 2020 election. These examinations don’t contradict our early interpretation of the results from the days and weeks immediately following Election Day: The overwhelming majority of voters backed the candidate from the […] Read more »
How Biden is as liberal as he said he’d be
… Biden has passed the 100-day mark of his presidency with an approval rating north of 50%, unlike his predecessor Donald Trump. There are a lot of reasons why that may be the case, such as an improving economic and coronavirus pandemic situation. But let me offer up another simple […] Read more »
Politics—not psychology—drives politics
… It is true that people are more prone to reasoning in a way that favors their group when their political identity is activated. Yet, the fundamental question is often why some issues get politicized in the first place. To answer that question, one must go deep into understanding political […] Read more »
At 100 days, Americans see Biden as more moderate than Obama
Americans perceive Joe Biden as more moderate than Barack Obama at the same stage of his presidency, a new survey shows, even as progressive activists say the incumbent is governing to the left of the former president. The perception of Biden as a moderate may be helping him win support […] Read more »