Public support for the Biden administration’s drive to get more people vaccinated for COVID-19 is largely split along partisan lines, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. While employers in some sectors and parts of the country are reporting that a vast majority of workers are complying with new vaccine […] Read more »
Biden’s Approval Rating Recovers Some From Last Month’s Low, An NPR Poll Finds
Since the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan a month ago, President Biden’s approval rating has recovered some in the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. Last month, just 43% of survey respondents approved of how he was doing his job and a majority — 51% — disapproved. Since then, Biden has gained […] Read more »
New Initiative Explores Deep, Persistent Divides Between Biden and Trump Voters
The University of Virginia Center for Politics has partnered with Project Home Fire, a new initiative dedicated to finding common ground in American politics, on an innovative new data analytics and polling project to explore the social, political, and psychological divides between those who voted for Donald Trump and those […] Read more »
Americans’ Trust in Government Remains Low
Americans’ trust and confidence in various aspects of the government in the U.S. are low when compared with the historical average for each. … The latest data are from Gallup’s Sept. 1-17 Governance poll. Perhaps contributing to this year’s depressed government ratings, the poll was conducted just after the U.S. […] Read more »
The Democrats’ Last Best Shot to Kill the Filibuster
From multiple directions, the crisis over the filibuster is peaking for Democrats. … Reform advocates don’t expect Democrats to resolve the latest standoff by exempting the debt ceiling from the filibuster—most bet that the party will eventually turn to the special budget-reconciliation process to pass the increase. But they do […] Read more »
Rating change: Virginia governor’s race could drive 2022 narrative
Even though this fall’s election for governor in Virginia is just one race in one state, it will determine the initial narrative of the 2022 midterm elections. Former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe has had a consistent advantage over Republican Glenn Youngkin in the commonwealth, but some Democratic strategists are concerned […] Read more »