Following the Trump/Putin Summit and the President’s European allies trip, there has been bipartisan outrage over Trump’s friendliness towards Russia. Some have called the President’s performance traitorous, disgusting, worrisome – but there’s no evidence that Congress, led by Republicans, will actually do anything. And that’s probably smart politics on their […] Read more »
When it isn’t just ‘LOL. Nothing Matters’ for Trump
President Donald Trump’s performance at Helsinki left many shaking their heads. He was criticized by the left and perhaps surprisingly from normally friendly voices like former Speaker Newt Gingrich. To some, it may feel like we’ve been here before. Trump often does stuff that those in the political elite don’t […] Read more »
Democrats are releasing way more polls than Republicans. Here’s what that could mean.
… The obvious problem with partisan-sponsored polls is that it tends to only see the light of day when it looks good for the side who is conducting the poll. But, of course, a group first needs to get a poll with good results for their side to actually release […] Read more »
How to Interpret 2018 Polls Without Fooling Yourself
This morning, many political junkies, bleary-eyed from staying up to watch and then ponder the president’s SCOTUS Reality Show last night, were greeted with this tweet from the CEO of Axios: 🚨 Brutal poll: Democrats’ Senate dream slips away https://t.co/bXZ4wiwqn5 — Jim VandeHei (@JimVandeHei) July 10, 2018 The full Axios […] Read more »
The messy reality of Donald Trump’s poll numbers
On June 25, Axios’s Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei took readers inside Donald Trump’s “winning, cynical plan.” They argued that “the more President Trump does, says and tweets outrageous things, the more his critics go bananas and the better he does in the polls.” … “It’s arguably the most cynical […] Read more »
Poll Hub: A House Divided
Poll Hub celebrates its fiftieth episode! On this special episode, the Poll Hub team clears up a bit of confusion. Dr. Lee M. Miringoff found himself amid a Twitterstorm last week about comments he made during a recent interview on the Hill.tv’s, What America’s Thinking. Find out just what Dr. […] Read more »