Key Points• For all 50 states, we looked at 3 variables that are increasingly linked with partisan voting patterns: education level, race, and urbanization.• When the states are rank-ordered by their composite scores on these 3 measures, the Republican-voting states for the 2020 presidential election cluster on one end of […] Read more »
Increasing Public Criticism, Confusion Over COVID-19 Response in U.S.
Nearly two years after the coronavirus outbreak took hold in the United States, Americans are increasingly critical of the response to COVID-19 from elected officeholders and public health officials. Amid debates over how to address the surge in cases driven by the omicron variant, confusion is now the most common […] Read more »
Most Americans and Republicans side with Pence over Trump
Former Vice President Mike Pence has caused an uproar by saying he did not have the lawful ability to overturn the 2020 election results on January 6, 2021. Pence has argued correctly, according to almost every single legal scholar, that his role as president of the Senate was largely ceremonial […] Read more »
Slightly over half of Americans disapprove of President Biden’s performance in office
This week’s Ipsos’ Core Political shows that Americans remain mostly disapproving of President Joe Biden’s performance in office. Twenty-six percent of Americans believe the economy is the most important problem facing the country today, this is up four points from early January when it was 22%. … After a steep […] Read more »
Grievance is no substitute for ideas
About a year ago, an impartial friend well-versed in the art of politics asked me a tough question, “What has happened to the Republican Party?” he said. “You used to be the party of optimism. Now, you seem to be the party of grievance.” Having spent decades opposing the Democratic […] Read more »
Status Anxiety Is Blowing Wind Into Trump’s Sails
What is the role of status discontent in the emergence of right-wing populism? If it does play a key role, does it matter more where someone stands at any given moment or whether someone is moving up the ladder or down? … It is hardly a secret that the white […] Read more »