Driven by sharp divisions that reflect the persistent partisan fissures within the country, the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump solidified public support for convicting him of inciting insurrection, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds. Over half of Americans (58%) say that Trump should have been convicted, which […] Read more »
Why most GOP senators are standing by Trump
A lot of critics of former President Donald Trump want GOP senators to “show some spine.” They think the big reason they have stayed with Trump through impeachment is because they’re scared of him. There’s good reason to be worried about going against Trump, given how popular he is among […] Read more »
Most Americans think Trump at least partially responsible for Capitol attack
Seventy-one percent of American adults, including nearly half of all Republicans, believe former President Donald Trump was at least partially responsible for starting the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, according to an Ipsos poll conducted for Reuters. But the national online poll, released on Saturday, also showed […] Read more »
With Trump’s Acquittal, The Fragility Of America’s Democracy Is Even More Clear
… What happened on Jan. 6 and the days leading up to it — an American president spending weeks trying to reverse the results of a free and fair election, culminating in his supporters storming the U.S. Capitol to try to keep him in power by force — was so […] Read more »
Trump’s acquittal is a sign of ‘constitutional rot’ – partisanship overriding principles
The impeachment trial shows American democracy is in bad shape. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images John E. Finn, Wesleyan University The Senate’s decision to acquit former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial may have been a victory for Trump, but it is a clear sign that democracy in the U.S. […] Read more »
Is Biden’s House Built on Solid Ground?
Between the vaccine rollout and Trump’s second impeachment trial, Biden’s inauguration already feels like distant memory. In reality, it’s been less than a month. Though these are still the early days of the Biden administration, I want to focus on presidential approval ratings in this take – a turn to […] Read more »