A majority of Americans believe the news media do not understand people like them, and this feeling is especially common among Republicans, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis. Overall, 58% of U.S. adults feel the news media do not understand people like them, while 40% feel they are […] Read more »
Why a Primary Challenge to Trump Wouldn’t Work
… For Republicans, whether they like it or not, this is a binary choice: It’s Trump or a Democrat in the White House. The cost of losing the presidency, in Republican minds, is that taxes will go back up, regulation will go back to what they saw as an onerous […] Read more »
Americans view this shutdown much as they did past ones – negatively and with much anxiety
Like so many issues in the United States these days, the partial shutdown of the federal government – now the longest in U.S. history – is viewed very differently by people in different partisan and ideological camps. In a new Pew Research Center survey, about six-in-ten U.S. adults (58%) call […] Read more »
Trump Is Unifying Democrats Instead of Consolidating His Base
… By this point, it’s pretty clear that the president and the GOP are in a very deep hole. The wall hasn’t become more popular. The majority of the public blames the shutdown on Trump. A CNN poll found that just 66 percent of Republicans agree that building the wall […] Read more »
Trump approval down, slips with base; among potential 2020 challengers, Biden stands apart
While the longest government shutdown in U.S. history continues, President Trump’s approval rating is down, and there are cracks showing with his base. A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds Trump’s approval rating down and his disapproval rating up from a month ago. … The president also faces some significant headwinds […] Read more »
Trump Isn’t Even Trying to Convince Voters on the Shutdown
… Attracting and sustaining majority support has traditionally represented a North Star for American presidents. The showdown over the shutdown, perhaps more than any earlier decision, makes clear that Trump is setting his course by a very different compass. Trump has abandoned any pretense of seeking to represent majority opinion […] Read more »