After two weeks of public impeachment hearings where damning evidence was presented by numerous credible witnesses, Republicans remain steadfast in their support for their president. Trump himself has famously said that he could shoot a man in the middle of Fifth Avenue and not lose any of his political support. […] Read more »
5 ways Trump and his supporters are using the same strategies as science deniers
President Donald Trump, during a meeting in the cabinet room at the White House, Washington, Nov. 22, 2019. AP/Susan Walsh Lee McIntyre, Boston University While watching the House impeachment hearings, I realized my two decades of research into why people ignore, reject or deny science had a political parallel. From […] Read more »
Thanksgiving doesn’t have to be fraught. There’s plenty Americans agree on.
It’s another Trump-era Thanksgiving, and the country is more divided than ever. Americans are split evenly on impeaching President Trump, some polls suggest a tight race between Trump and his eventual general election opponent, and Democrats are nowhere close to a consensus in their presidential primary. Contra the popular trope, […] Read more »
Party leaders are describing the health care proposal that appeals to the party’s left as a risky bet
Prominent Democratic leaders are sounding increasingly vocal alarms to try to halt political momentum for “Medicare for all,” opting to risk alienating liberals and deepening the divide in the party rather than enter an election year with a sweeping health care proposal that many see as a liability for candidates […] Read more »
Our Poll Shows That Buttigieg’s Post-Debate Bump Is Still Just His Base
The past few weeks have been pretty good for South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg: His polls are on the upswing in Iowa, he’s getting more media coverage, and he even led in a New Hampshire poll. It seems that he carried this momentum through the fifth Democratic debate as […] Read more »
They Voted Democratic. Now They Support Trump.
Midterm victories in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin gave Democrats hope of retaking the Rust Belt battleground states that handed the presidency to Donald J. Trump in 2016. Yet success in the midterms might not mean as much for Democratic presidential candidates as the party might think. Nearly two-thirds of voters […] Read more »