Mitt Romney made history the other day by being the first US Senator in history to vote against a president of his own party in a Senate impeachment trial. Given the religious language he used to explain why he chose to vote guilty on one impeachment article, many are curious […] Read more »
State of the Union 2020: Dial meter test shows campaign trial run will disappoint Trump
On behalf of the Voter Participation Center and the American Federation of Teachers, Democracy Corps conducted live dial-meter testing of the 2020 State of the Union address among the Rising American Electorate, white working-class women and men, and white college women. CONT. Democracy Corps Read more »
The Republican Party is white and Southern. How did that happen?
… With the exception of the short period of Reconstruction after the Civil War, the GOP was notoriously ineffective in the ex-Confederacy. The region was dominated by the Democratic Party from the late 1870s through the second half of the 20th century. Why the shift? Historians and political scientists traditionally […] Read more »
Little Solace for Democrats in New Polls
Democrats have now officially kicked off voting in the race to face President Trump. Meanwhile, the president is emerging from a painful, divisive impeachment process. Yet as they spend the rest of this week unpacking the Iowa caucus results and shifting their attention to New Hampshire, it’s the Democrats who […] Read more »
Democrats Viewed as Divided, but Satisfied With Candidates
With 11 Democrats vying for their party’s 2020 presidential nomination as the primary season kicks off, 65% of Americans describe the Democratic Party as divided while 34% see it as united. By contrast, the majority of Americans (56%) say the Republican Party is united versus 43% divided. CONT. Lydia Saad, […] Read more »
Trump Holds Key to Republican House Chances
Key Points• Democrats remain favored to hold the House, but it’s not hard to imagine what the GOP’s path to the majority would be.• Trump is crucial to that path: A highly-nationalized presidential election that devastates the roster of Democrats in Trump-won and marginal Clinton-won House seats would represent the […] Read more »