Americans are split, 49%-46%, on whether they approve of Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Trump, and independents at this point are not on board, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll finds. But the pollsters warn that the new developments could change public opinion quickly, especially with 7 in 10 saying they […] Read more »
No, Congress won’t pass gun background checks ‘like we’ve never had before.’ Here’s why.
Immediately after back-to-back mass shootings in early August in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, the stalemate on tightening gun laws appeared ready to shift. … But that momentum is already gone. Trump has disavowed his support for tightening background checks; only a handful of Republicans are still working on the […] Read more »
Favorability of Major Political Figures and Organizations in Battleground Districts
Pundits have asserted that Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s progressive agenda threatens the Democratic Party’s chances of making broad gains in the 2020 election and beyond. Unsourced polling leaked to Axios suggested that white, likely voters without college degrees view Ocasio-Cortez overwhelmingly unfavorably—a population Axios deemed crucial to the Democrats’ future as […] Read more »
America holds onto an undemocratic assumption from its founding: that some people deserve more power than others.
… There is a homegrown ideology of reaction in the United States, inextricably tied to our system of slavery. And while the racial content of that ideology has attenuated over time, the basic framework remains: fear of rival political majorities; of demographic “replacement”; of a government that threatens privilege and […] Read more »
Americans Largely Support Gun Restrictions To ‘Do Something’ About Gun Violence
After the mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, gun control is again at the forefront of the political conversation. President Trump has expressed openness to a federal red flag law and for “meaningful” background checks. “Frankly, we need intelligent background checks,” Trump told reporters Friday. He added, […] Read more »
On Guns, Public Opinion and Public Policy Often Diverge
Polls show that public support for tighter guns laws is rising. Alone, that doesn’t mean Congress is going to expand gun control anytime soon. Public opinion and public policy on guns have seemed to be at odds for decades. Measures like universal background checks often attract the support of more […] Read more »