More Americans continue to identify as Democrats or as “Democratic-leaning” independents than as Republicans or “Republican-leaning” independents. The current 47% to 42% Democratic edge is largely in line with what Gallup has measured over the past five years. CONT. Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »
Trump’s base is smaller than he thinks
The debate over impeaching President Trump reveals an irony: Those who favor it have far more respect for the president’s supporters than those who oppose it. Critics of impeachment argue that the effort to remove Trump from office over his open invitations of foreign meddling in our elections will only […] Read more »
More on Democratic Leftward Turn Survey Experiment
I appreciate all the discussion and critique surrounding my New York Times article that came out earlier this week. It has made me think harder about the structure of my study design and implications of my findings, and I now realize where I could have been clearer in presentation of […] Read more »
Uncertainty takes over the lead in the Democratic presidential race
The top fundraiser in the Democratic presidential field was hospitalized for a heart attack, the longtime polling leader and his son sit at the center of an impeachment inquiry, and the one candidate with clear momentum faces persistent doubts among some party leaders that she is too liberal to win […] Read more »
‘Out on a limb’: Inside the Republican reckoning over Trump’s possible impeachment
A torrent of impeachment developments has triggered a reckoning in the Republican Party, paralyzing many of its officeholders as they weigh their political futures, legacies and, ultimately, their allegiance to a president who has held them captive. … A Republican strategist who is close with several senators and spoke on […] Read more »
GOP unlikely to reprise role it played in Nixon’s 1974 exit
On Aug. 7, 1974, three top Republican leaders in Congress paid a solemn visit to President Richard Nixon at the White House, bearing the message that he faced near-certain impeachment due to eroding support in his own party on Capitol Hill. Nixon, who’d been entangled in the Watergate scandal for […] Read more »