In his 2016 campaign, President Trump ran as a relative moderate among Republicans — opposing cuts to Social Security and Medicare, talking up federal efforts to rebuild the nation’s roads and bridges, staying away from culture war issues such as same-sex marriage. But in office, Trump has aligned himself firmly […] 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 »
For Democrats, and for Republicans, a summer of discontent
This has been a rough week for Republicans and for Democrats. As the long August recess begins, these are not happy times for either political party. The Democratic presidential candidates put on two nights of debating in Detroit, producing maximum internal bickering and negativity and minimal positive or outward messaging […] Read more »
What did voters think of the Mueller circus? It wasn’t pretty
Well, the three-ring partisan circus also known as the Mueller hearings is over. … In a Winning the Issues survey done July 27-28, after the hearings, we tested voter interest and assessment of the Mueller appearance before Congress. Voters’ partisan affiliation played a role in both their interest and how […] Read more »
Democrats are now left with one option to end Trump’s presidency: The 2020 election
Many Democrats long have considered Robert S. Mueller III a potential savior, as the agent of President Trump’s eventual undoing. Wednesday’s hearings on Capitol Hill probably shattered those illusions once and for all. … Regardless of the evidence of obstruction contained in Mueller’s report, impeachment is a fraught strategy for […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Trump approval up, voter ratings on economy best in decades
More voters rate the economy positively today than have since 2001, according to the latest Fox News Poll. In addition, approval of the job President Trump is doing on the economy stands at 52 percent (41 percent disapprove). … He receives net negative marks on border security (44 approve – […] Read more »