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 »
The Roots of Democratic Disarray
… In shaping their sweeping social spending legislation, with a putative price tag of $3.5 trillion, President Joe Biden and the Democratic congressional leaders have argued that this is what the voters chose last November. And polls do show broad support for universal pre-K, lower prescription drug prices and expanded […] Read more »
Biden Loses Ground With the Public on Issues, Personal Traits and Job Approval
With his administration facing multiple challenges at home and abroad, President Joe Biden’s job approval rating has fallen sharply in the past two months. Fewer than half of U.S. adults (44%) now approve of the way Biden is handling his job as president, while 53% disapprove. This marks a reversal […] Read more »
Democratic moderates could save Biden’s presidency—if it’s not too late
Joe Biden’s domestic agenda is on the rocks because he’s been disengaged from his own legislative priorities, refusing to take sides in a worsening intra-party feud between his party’s moderates and progressives. A more involved president would be close to a rare bipartisan victory on infrastructure spending, but he’s been […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Voters think the country is less united under Biden
President Biden used the word “unity” eight times in his inauguration speech, but voters say the country is heading in the opposite direction on his watch. By a 54-37 percent margin, they think the country is less united under Biden rather than more so. The latest Fox News national survey […] Read more »
Dems’ Come-to-Jesus Moment
… Given that the U.S. Senate and the Electoral College give disproportionate weight to states with smaller populations, Democrats will need to learn how to deal with the kind of people who do not live in cities or closer-in suburbs—and maybe wonder why the species of centrist Democrat that Sen. […] Read more »