More than half of U.S. residents say their feelings towards President Donald Trump have become “more unfavorable” since he took office according to the newest edition of the Grinnell College National Poll, released Oct. 29, 2019. The poll, a partnership between Grinnell College and nationally renowned pollster J. Ann Selzer […] Read more »
Primary Challenges Might Keep These Republican Senators From Voting To Remove Trump
Much has been made about whether Republicans will ever cut ties with President Trump over his attempt to hold up military aid to Ukraine to get political dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden. And although there are some signs of the party breaking with Trump, one important reason why […] Read more »
Who’s sticking with President Trump, through trouble and tweets? His seemingly unshakable base.
Even as support for his impeachment grows, President Donald Trump continues to be backed by a seemingly unshakable core of supporters who deny he has done anything wrong and agree he is the target of a political “lynching,” a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds. CONT. Susan Page, Savannah Behrmann […] Read more »
What Should Senate Republicans Do About Impeachment?
What is the savviest political strategy on impeachment for Republicans in the Senate? In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew tries to answer that question in a new edition of FiveThirtyEight Debate. Each member of the team was assigned a position and then tried to poke holes […] Read more »
Trump’s madness is not enough to doom him in 2020
… Yes, the public seems ready to throw Trump out of office. But will Democrats make that easy or hard? A report released last week by the Center for American Progress sheds important light on the party’s choices. One of its key findings will cheer Trump’s foes: If every demographic […] Read more »
Impeachment isn’t popular in Wisconsin and these 5 other key swing states
… A look at the national polls indicate that impeaching and removing Trump from office is at, a minimum, a plurality position. Our CNN/SSRS poll out this week showed that 51% of voters nationwide support impeaching and removing from office compared to 44% who disagreed. The average has the split […] Read more »