In a democracy, any serious governing project is also a political project. Presidents who want their achievements to endure know they must create majorities to sustain their visions over time. … The ongoing debate among pollsters is whether economic policies can really move the numbers among White working-class voters. After […] Read more »
Do You Live in a Political Bubble?
More than half of Republicans believe that last year’s election was stolen from Donald Trump. Rather than reject claims of election fraud, Republican lawmakers have used the premise that the election was stolen to justify restrictions on voting. Mr. Trump most likely deserves much of the blame for the widespread […] Read more »
Biden Approval Rating Dips Again, But It’s Still A Honeymoon: IBD/TIPP Poll
President Biden’s approval rating dipped for the third straight month in the new IBD/TIPP Poll. Yet he’s still enjoying a relative honeymoon as he ramps up his drive for a major expansion of infrastructure and social benefits, paid for with tax hikes on corporations and investment gains. … The May […] Read more »
American Politics Now Has Two Big Racial Divides
There’s been a recent flurry of studies and analyses that take a deeper look at the results of the 2020 election. These examinations don’t contradict our early interpretation of the results from the days and weeks immediately following Election Day: The overwhelming majority of voters backed the candidate from the […] Read more »
How Biden is as liberal as he said he’d be
… Biden has passed the 100-day mark of his presidency with an approval rating north of 50%, unlike his predecessor Donald Trump. There are a lot of reasons why that may be the case, such as an improving economic and coronavirus pandemic situation. But let me offer up another simple […] Read more »
Country optimistic after Biden’s 1st 100 days
President Joe Biden completes his first hundred days in office with a country that is more optimistic about the coming year, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. Nearly two-thirds of Americans (64%) are optimistic about the direction of the country in the poll, which was conducted by Ipsos in […] Read more »