Are Democrats or Republicans better positioned to address voter concerns in this year’s congressional elections? Depends on the issue. A Fox News national survey asks voters which party would do a better job on 14 issues. Voters split the list between Democrats and Republicans. They believe Democrats can better handle […] Read more »
NBC News Poll: ‘Downhill,’ ‘divisive’: Americans sour on nation’s direction
Overwhelming majorities of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, that their household income is falling behind the cost of living, that political polarization will only continue and that there’s a real threat to the nation’s democracy and majority rule. What’s more, the nation’s top politicians and […] Read more »
How Americans think Joe Biden has done on their most important priorities after one year
President Joe Biden entered office promising to end the Covid-19 pandemic, boost a lagging economy, get Americans back to work, restore US credibility abroad and heal a divided nation. After one year, the reviews from the American people in public polling on those topics, in many cases, have not been […] Read more »
GOP Voters Still Like Trump, But Many Ambivalent About 2024 Run
… Republicans aren’t opposed to Trump running again. A recent CBS/You Gov poll taken in early January found 76 percent of 2020 Trump voters either wanted him to run in 2024 or to “fight to be put in office right now.” A November Marquette University poll found 60 percent of […] Read more »
Democrats still back Biden, but evidence of unease among moderates
Democrats still overwhelmingly approve of President Biden’s overall job performance, but approval among members of his own party has slipped some over the year of his term — from a high of 94% at the beginning in February to 81% today. The decline is most pronounced among the more moderate […] Read more »
Biden as a New F.D.R.? Try L.B.J.
Joseph R. Biden Jr. was supposed to be another Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democratic president who enacted transformative liberal legislation and in doing so built a lasting political coalition. … The decision to prioritize the goals of his party’s activist base over the issues prioritized by voters is more reminiscent […] Read more »