President Donald Trump’s approval rating is holding steady in a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, but his numbers on handling several key issues are climbing, as almost 6 in 10 say things in the country are going well. Overall, 41% approve of the President’s work, and 53% disapprove. Those […] Read more »
Can Donald Trump continue to defy political gravity?
The political future of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party over the next two years really comes down to one question: Do traditional measures of popularity mean anything when it comes to Trump? If they do, the Republican Party and Trump could be in major trouble. CONT. Harry Enten, […] Read more »
Macomb and America’s new political moment
On the one-year anniversary of the Trump presidency, Democracy Corps traveled to Michigan to speak with the white working class Obama-Trump voters of Macomb County, the African American women of Detroit and the college educated women of suburban Southfield. Each, in their own way, had contributed to one of the […] Read more »
Before They Make Gains, Dems Need to Look in the Mirror
With the chances of Democrats capturing control of the House edging from a possibility to a probability, and a Democratic majority in the Senate now quite plausible—though still under 50-50—it’s a good time for Democrats to reflect on which version of their party might become part of the governing process. […] Read more »
The big problem with that Gallup poll that shows Trump’s re-election numbers equal to Obama’s
Gallup released new polling this week with an eye-popping headline: Donald Trump’s re-election numbers are very similar to those of Barack Obama in 2010 and Bill Clinton in 1994. Wait, WHAT? The narrative of Trump’s first 15 months in office has been that he is at historic polling lows. Then […] Read more »
Non-voters’ dislike of Donald Trump isn’t likely to make them vote in 2018
Millions of Americans stay home every election, and the 2018 midterms are unlikely to be much different despite broad disapproval of President Trump and discontent with the direction of the country, according to a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll. CONT. Marilyn Icsman, USA Today Read more »