On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, former President Donald Trump has been acquitted of impeachment charges. What does that mean for the future of the GOP? Will Trump remain the party’s standard bearer, or will Republicans map out a new course? We discuss. Then, new CDC guidelines are out […] Read more »
New Survey Shows 3 In 5 White Evangelicals Say Joe Biden Wasn’t Legitimately Elected
Christian nationalism has effectively spread so much disinformation that three in five white evangelicals say Biden was not legitimately elected, according to the American Enterprise Institute. Morning Edition, NPR News Read more »
With polarization at a peak, the number of House ‘crossover districts’ is at its lowest in a century
Our project to calculate the 2020 presidential results for all 435 House seats nationwide concludes, appropriately enough, with Pennsylvania, the state whose electoral votes sealed Joe Biden’s victory four days after Election Day. … With figures from the Keystone State in hand, we now know that Biden carried 224 congressional […] Read more »
The troubling political dimension of the coronavirus in California
Perhaps one of the greatest challenges now facing the state’s public health community is that Californians’ views about the pandemic have become highly politicized. According to the latest Berkeley IGS Poll, Republican voters are less concerned about getting the virus themselves, worry less about people not wearing masks or maintaining […] Read more »
Greatest Threat: Democrats Say White Nationalism, Republicans Say China
Just a few weeks into taking control of the White House, the Biden administration faces a variety of threats. On the home front, President Joe Biden warned about domestic terrorism in his inaugural speech, including the rise of political extremism and white supremacy. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken identified […] Read more »
American democracy at the start of the Biden presidency
U.S. democracy passed a milestone on January 20, 2021 with the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Donald Trump’s presidency presented unprecedented challenges to this country’s democratic norms and practices. His role in a violent insurrection, sparking a second impeachment has fueled further debate over how to preserve American […] Read more »