More Americans approve of the job congressional Republicans are doing than of congressional Democrats’ performance — 40% vs. 35%. … The latest readings for these measures, from a Feb. 17-28 poll, are Gallup’s first since the Dec. 18 impeachment of Trump in the U.S. House of Representatives and his subsequent […] Read more »
Views on the White House, Congress, and the Country’s Leaders
Few Americans have a high degree of trust in most of the country’s institutions and leadership. Overall, 43% approve of how Trump is handling his job as president and 56% disapprove. Twenty percent approve of how Congress is handling its job, and 79% disapprove. CONT. Associated Press-NORC Center for Public […] Read more »
Frozen in Anxiety: How Democratic Leaders Struggled to Confront Bernie Sanders
Late last year a group of first-term House Democrats, anxious over the party’s fractious presidential race, convened a series of discussions intended to spur unity. … That effort was just one in a series of abandoned or ineffective plans to rally the moderate wing of the Democratic Party, and the […] Read more »
Targeted District Impeachment Acquittal Poll Results
On behalf of the National Republican Congressional Committee, Public Opinion Strategies conducted a poll of 800 registered voters in 95 Congressional districts, 54 of which are held by Democrats and considered NRCC targets, and 41 of which are held by Republicans and considered Democratic targets. … The following are key […] Read more »
Fast-Forwarding the Political Clock to 2021
This 10-day respite from primaries and caucuses gives us a good time to pause, to look past the Nov. 3 election and consider what may be the questions and topics dominating political discussions by this time next year. Of course, what happens this November will shape the contours of 2022 […] Read more »
Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of Iran, feel less safe after strike
In a week dominated by increased tension with Iran and speculation over when impeachment articles would be delivered to the U.S. Senate, a majority of Americans said they disapprove of President Trump’s handling of the situation with Iran and feel less safe, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. But […] Read more »