Voters who supported President Donald Trump in last year’s election have few regrets as Trump enters his 100th day in office this weekend, although his support is not uniformly firm. A new University of Virginia Center for Politics poll of Trump voters shows his approval rating at 93% with these […] Read more »
Nearly half of Americans think there’s a ‘deep state’
Nearly half of Americans think there’s a “deep state” in this country, just more than half think the mainstream media regularly report false stories and six in 10 say the Trump administration regularly makes false claims. Just another day in the world of alleged sneaky stuff. CONT. Gary Langer, ABC […] Read more »
As First 100 Days Nears, President Trump Approval Rating at 32% with Young
As the first 100 days of the administration nears, 32% of 18 to 29 year old Americans approve of President Donald Trump’s job performance overall, according to a new national poll by Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics (IOP). CONT. Institute of Politics, Harvard Read more »
A scholar asks, ‘Can democracy survive the Internet?’
… Nathaniel Persily, a law professor at Stanford University, is among the many — academics, political practitioners, journalists, law enforcement officials and others — who are attempting to understand better the consequences of conducting campaigns and governance here and around the world in the Internet age. He has written about […] Read more »
Why faith in the media might not be as low as polls suggest
Gallup reported last fall that trust in the news media had plummeted to 32 percent, an all-time low — or, at least, the lowest level since the polling firm started tracking, in 1972. But what, exactly, does that mean? Well, when Gallup inquires about trust, it asks about people’s confidence […] Read more »
Media Faulted by Both Sides for Coverage of Trump
In a shift from January, slightly more U.S. adults believe the news media has not been tough enough (37%) in its coverage of President Donald Trump as say it has been too tough (32%). Shortly after Trump was inaugurated, these sentiments were reversed: 36% thought the media was too tough […] Read more »