Through the first two years of his presidency, Donald Trump has had one very reliable ally: an excellent economy. Now, as the presidential campaign approaches, there are growing questions about what the economic landscape may look like in November 2020. By some measures, the nation’s economic outlook is positively sunny, […] Read more »
Trump Approval, Economic Confidence Rebound
President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has risen to 44% after the conclusion of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. While views of Trump have improved, the public’s heightened positivity does not extend to views of Congress, as its 21% approval rating is essentially unchanged from January. CONT. Megan […] Read more »
State of the Union 2019 Dial Meter Test Results
On behalf of the Voter Participation Center and Women’s Voices. Women Vote Action Fund, Democracy Corps conducted live dial-meter testing of the 2019 State of the Union address among the Rising American Electorate (African Americans, Latinos, white unmarried women and white millennials), white working-class women, and white college women. Here […] Read more »
State of the Union 2019: How Americans see major national issues
Following a political standoff that briefly delayed his annual speech to the nation, President Donald Trump will deliver his second State of the Union address on Tuesday night. The speech comes amid a debate between Trump and congressional Democrats over border security – one that recently led to the longest […] Read more »
Most oppose Trump declaring national emergency for wall funding
Sixty-six percent of Americans overall say President Trump should not declare a national emergency if Congress does not fund a border wall, although most Republicans (73 percent) think he should. … Few Americans believe North Korea has reduced its nuclear program since the last Trump-Kim summit, and most don’t think […] Read more »
Democrats need to understand how to talk to working class voters about immigration
Trump’s blatant and vicious appeal to pure prejudice regarding immigrants and immigration has led many progressives and Democrats to dismiss all of his white working class supporters as racists rather than understand their concerns and seek ways to regain their support.… While most Americans do not share Trump’s visceral loathing […] Read more »