… To measure tribalism, we used the most salient tribes in contemporary American society: Democrats and Republicans. We conducted a survey asking Americans if they felt favorable or unfavorable towards various genres of music and artists. Compared to truly divisive topics like Black Lives Matter (52 percentage point difference) or […] Read more »
Media Bubbles Aren’t The Biggest Reason We’re Partisans
Maybe you call it a bubble. Maybe you call it a silo. Maybe you just call it an echo chamber. But whatever metaphorical, narrow and enclosed space you prefer, there’s a good chance you’ve been told that one of the great social problems of our time is Americans getting their […] Read more »
Investigations usually hurt a president’s public reputation – but Trump isn’t usual
Douglas L. Kriner, Cornell University and Eric Schickler, University of California, Berkeley Will the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump ultimately have any effect? Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi had long resisted calls for impeachment, arguing that it is “just not worth it.” However, the Trump administration’s initial refusal to […] Read more »
Trump’s focus on his base may not help him with impeachment inquiry
President Donald Trump may have more room to fall in public attitudes toward his possible removal from office, detailed results from several new polls suggest. While virtually every voter who approves of Trump’s performance in office already opposes impeachment, there’s still room for impeachment support to grow among voters who […] Read more »
Why Mitt Romney doesn’t need to toe the Republican line on impeachment
Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah is a thorn in President Donald Trump’s side. He has emerged as arguably Trump’s strongest Senate Republican critic when it comes to the Ukraine saga and impeachment inquiry. Trump’s so upset that he called for Romney’s own impeachment in a tweet on Saturday. For most […] Read more »
Polls begin to signal rising impeachment threat to Trump
Modern polling usually tells us how public opinion hasn’t moved. Despite last week’s hailstorm of bad news, President Donald Trump’s job approval rating stood virtually unchanged. So did the president’s backing from Republican elected officials in Washington. Except for Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah and a few others, GOP members […] Read more »