We’re facing the third government shutdown in less than a year this Friday thanks, in part, to a fight over immigration policy. President Trump wants $5 billion for a border wall — an amount that is unlikely to make it through the Senate. Back in January, a disagreement over the […] Read more »
Who will Americans blame if the government shuts down?
With hours to go before a potential federal government shutdown Friday night over funding to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, both President Trump and Democrats are blaming one another for the gridlock. … So who are Americans likely to blame for the shutdown? It’s impossible to be sure […] Read more »
This wall debate is what happens when the only voices you hear agree with you
Standing in the rain outside the White House on Friday morning, press secretary Sarah Sanders talked with Fox News about President Trump’s push for a wall on the border with Mexico. Asked by a “Fox & Friends” host whether the Senate should end the filibuster in order to pass legislation […] Read more »
White Identity Politics Aren’t Going Anywhere
… As the Democratic Party has evolved from an overwhelmingly white party to a party with a huge minority base, the dominant strategic problem has become the tenuous balance between the priorities of its now equally indispensable white and minority wings. President Trump has aggressively exploited Democratic vulnerabilities as no […] Read more »
Why Latino Voters Haven’t Completely Abandoned The GOP
A sizable bloc of Latino voters have remained aligned with Republicans in the Donald Trump era. This seems surprising, considering that he described Mexicans who sought to come to the United States as drug users and rapists during his 2016 campaign, his administration has adopted anti-immigration policies, and Democrats are […] Read more »
Americans can agree that the nation is divided. Beyond that, they don’t agree on much.
With a new divided government about to take charge in Washington, Americans agree that the nation is more divided — and not on much else. In a USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll, Republicans voters worry that newly empowered congressional Democrats will go too far in investigating Trump and his administration. Democrats […] Read more »