Like other awards shows this year, the Academy Awards on Sunday night will undoubtedly be a political event. And conservatives will scold entertainers for it. … But historically, conservatives have benefited just as much as liberals, if not more, in deploying the platforms and practices of the entertainment industry for […] Read more »
Public Rates Presidents: Kennedy, Reagan, Obama at Top, Nixon, Johnson, Trump at Bottom
As Americans prepare to celebrate Presidents’ Day, they rate John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan the best of recent chief executives, according to a new poll conducted by Ipsos in conjunction with the University of Virginia Center for Politics. The Center for Politics and Ipsos collaborated to survey Americans’ views […] Read more »
Obama’s First Retrospective Job Approval Rating Is 63%
Barack Obama’s legacy appears to be on the right track, as 63% of Americans in hindsight say they approve of the way he handled his job. CONT. Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »
Trump’s First-Year Job Approval Worst by 10 Points
President Donald Trump’s job approval rating averaged 38.4% during his first year in office — slightly more than 10 percentage points lower than any other elected president’s first-year average. Bill Clinton is the only other president who was below 50% in his first year. All others were 57% or higher, […] Read more »
Trump And Congress Are Probably On A Collision Course Over Russia
… It took two years and almost two months from the discovery of the Watergate break-in on June 17, 1972, to Richard Nixon’s resignation under threat of removal from office on August 9, 1974. … In most respects, Trump is ahead of Nixon’s schedule. He’s only been president for six […] Read more »
Public Opinion on Impeachment: Lessons from Watergate
It was only a matter of time before a pollster started asking about the possible impeachment of President Trump. But what do these results really mean? Polling during the Watergate era gives some context. Four decades ago, the public took their cue as much from Congressional leadership’s reaction as from […] Read more »