What happens when a president and Congressional leaders in his own party disagree on important policy issues? This is quite uncommon these days, but in December 2020 and January 2021, it happened. President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell publicly differed on a highly salient issue: stimulus checks. […] Read more »
Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy is splitting dangerously along partisan lines
The ability to at least contain the coronavirus in America to the point that it is manageable as soon as possible will come down in large part to Americans’ willingness to get vaccinated. The good news is that more and more Americans say they are willing to do so. Unfortunately, […] Read more »
Support for Third U.S. Political Party at High Point
Americans’ desire for a third party has ticked up since last fall and now sits at a high in Gallup’s trend. Sixty-two percent of U.S. adults say the “parties do such a poor job representing the American people that a third party is needed,” an increase from 57% in September. […] Read more »
Impeachment trial solidified views on Trump conviction
Driven by sharp divisions that reflect the persistent partisan fissures within the country, the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump solidified public support for convicting him of inciting insurrection, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds. Over half of Americans (58%) say that Trump should have been convicted, which […] Read more »
How the Senate map shift helped Trump win acquittal
Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial followed a very predictable partisan path in the Senate last week, with Democrats voting to convict and most Republicans voting to acquit. There’s a long list of reasons, but one of them is the increasingly tidy alignment between the Senate and the presidential partisan maps. […] Read more »
Reports of the GOP demise are greatly exaggerated
… A number of articles have come out in recent days pointing out that thousands of Republicans have switched their party registration following the insurrection at the US Capitol and subsequent impeachment of former President Donald Trump. This fits the larger narrative of the party seeming to be in a […] Read more »