With the unexpected death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a new political battle looms for President Obama and the GOP-controlled Senate, which convened for the first time since Scalia’s death this week. Both sides have already exchanged barbs about the possibility of appointing a replacement in an election year. […] Read more »
Majority of Public Wants Senate to Act on Obama’s Court Nominee
In the high-stakes battle over replacing Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, a majority of Americans (56%) say the Senate should hold hearings and vote on President Obama’s choice to fill the vacancy. About four-in-ten (38%) say the Senate should not hold hearings until the next president selects a […] Read more »
Clinton, Sanders and the Underrated Power of the Black Voter
If you were asked to assess African-American voting power, you might think about the long history of disenfranchisement that still lingers today, in troubles in Ferguson, Mo.; in efforts to roll back the Voting Rights Act; or in recent moves to limit voting access around the country. So it can […] Read more »
Americans Split on if Senate Should Vote on Supreme Court Pick
American voters are divided — especially along party lines — whether the U.S. Senate should vote this year on President Obama’s eventual nominee to succeed Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, according to results from a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. CONT. Mark Murray, NBC News Read more »
How the ‘Obama effect’ helps Hillary Clinton, and hurts Bernie Sanders, with black voters
Hillary Clinton has strongly embraced President Obama’s record. Campaigning as the one true defender of the president’s legacy, she mentioned him a whopping 21 times in last week’s Democratic debate, while chastising her opponent, Bernie Sanders, for criticizing the Obama administration. Defending Barack Obama is a smart strategy for winning […] Read more »
Partisanship, racial prejudice, and claims that President Obama was born overseas
… What is it that leads a substantial proportion of Americans to accept a claim with no solid evidence and plenty of available refutation? … In our study, we were interested in two specific factors that might lead people to accept claims that Barack Obama was born overseas: partisanship and […] Read more »