President Biden’s chaotic exit from Afghanistan won’t be the top issue for voters when the midterms arrive next year. But the parade of horribles that have resulted from his decisions—the death of 13 military service members from an ISIS suicide bomb, the Taliban and other terrorist groups celebrating American weakness, […] Read more »
Afghanistan won’t doom Democrats in 2022. But it has left a wound.
Afghanistan is a political disaster for the Biden administration. Americans have long wanted the war to end, but they also believe Biden botched the withdrawal: 71 percent of Americans rate his handling of Afghanistan as “only fair” or “poor” while just 27 percent say his performance is “excellent” or “good.” […] Read more »
There are fewer polls than there used to be following 2020
The polling industry has taken its shots following the 2016 and 2020 election when former President Donald Trump was underestimated. It’s not surprising. Polling can help shape a narrative about where the country is and where it is going. When polling is wrong, people can be misled and the stories […] Read more »
Despite divides, Covid-19 vaccines are now as popular as Christmas trees
The American landscape is filled with divisive issues that split the country down the middle. But while a sizable portion of American adults remain unvaccinated, we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that the campaign to vaccinate Americans against Covid-19 has increasingly overcome the typical political divide. Three-quarters of American […] Read more »
California: The chance of Gov. Gavin Newsom getting recalled is declining
It’s now less than two weeks until California’s recall election, and the latest polling suggests good news for Gov. Gavin Newsom. Polls show that an increasing percentage of voters say they’re going to vote “no” on the recall. And while the polling average still suggests the possibility of the Democratic […] Read more »
Where Will Biden’s Approval Ratings Go From Here?
All presidents inevitably encounter serious challenges, when events and circumstances go badly, whether controllable by that president and administration or not, that can affect that president’s standings with the public and even trajectory of the balance of the administration. Whether the president is fairly placed or not is not terribly […] Read more »