Evangelical voters are rallying strongly in favor of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Indeed, the latest Pew Research Center survey finds that despite the professed wariness toward Trump among many high-profile evangelical Christian leaders, evangelicals as a whole are, if anything, even more strongly supportive of Trump than they were […] Read more »
Bush Still Leads Obama in Blame for U.S. Economic Troubles
As Barack Obama’s two-term presidency enters its final months, more Americans still blame George W. Bush than Obama for the nation’s economic ills. When asked how much they blame each president for current economic problems, 64% of Americans say Bush deserves a “great deal” or “moderate amount” of blame, compared […] Read more »
Obama’s Rise Isn’t Lifting All Boats
While both parties decry of the state of the economy and terrorism shows no signs of abating, President Obama’s job approval rating in every major poll out this month – NBC/Wall Street Journal, ABC/Washington Post, CNN and Bloomberg – is between 51 and 53 percent. The easiest explanation for his […] Read more »
One weird difference between Brexit’s supporters and Donald Trump
Prominent members of the campaign to remove the United Kingdom from the European Union are backing away from major promises now that they have won the vote. … Yet while Americans might be used to politicians backing away from promises, they might be surprised by the fact that Brexiters had […] Read more »
As Obama Years Draw to Close, President and U.S. Seen Favorably in Europe and Asia
As he nears the end of his presidency, Barack Obama continues to enjoy a broad degree of international popularity. A new Pew Research Center survey conducted in 10 European nations, four major Asia-Pacific countries, Canada and the United States finds that half or more of those polled in 15 of […] Read more »
The 2016 election is already decided. History says Hillary Clinton wins.
… With the exception of 2000, the result of every presidential election since, and including, 1980 has been determined before the general election even officially began. In fact, most of these elections were effectively decided by this point in the cycle. There is no reason to think that this year, […] Read more »