The great divergence is rapidly expanding—and President Joe Biden’s window to reverse it is narrowing. Since the 1960s, Congress and federal courts have acted mostly to strengthen the floor of basic civil rights available to citizens in all 50 states, a pattern visible on issues from the dismantling of Jim […] Read more »
Despite Their Accomplishments, Democrats Close 2021 Demoralized
President Biden and congressional Democrats could look back at this year with pride and accomplishment, given their passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan and the $1 trillion infrastructure package. But instead, the first session of the 117th Congress is now in the history books, and Democrats head into […] Read more »
Democrats Build Back Better Strategy Puts Democratic Incumbents in Jeopardy
… For the last few weeks, as BBB negotiations stumbled along, and Pres. Biden’s job approval ratings continued to slide, Democrats I spoke to were frustrated, but convinced that they would be able to wrap up the legislation soon enough. Then, the thinking went, they’d spend 2022 talking about popular […] Read more »
Biden’s economic ratings are worse than Carter’s
President Joe Biden is struggling in the minds of the American public. While his approval rating is down on a slew of issues, his difficulties are perhaps most noticeable on the economy. Biden now sports the lowest net economic rating of any president at this point through their first term […] Read more »
Joe Biden’s Job Approval Rating Steady in December
President Joe Biden’s job approval remains entrenched in the low 40s, having registered 42% or 43% in four separate Gallup polls since September, including 43% in a new December survey. Biden began his term with relatively strong approval in the high 50s and stayed above the 50% mark through June. […] Read more »
Republicans view Reagan, Trump as best recent presidents
When asked to name the president who has done the best job over the past 40 years, a majority of Democrats name Barack Obama. Republicans, by contrast, are divided between a president who served in the 1980s – Ronald Reagan – and the one who left office this year, Donald […] Read more »