Donald Trump is now in a stronger position to win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination than he has been in months as his party rallies around him following his indictment by a New York grand jury on business fraud charges. But actual results on the ground continue to suggest that […] Read more »
American division on Trump indictment deepens
In a second poll fielded a week after news broke about former President Donald Trump’s indictment on charges related to falsifying business records in hush money payments, the divisions among Americans regarding Trump continue to deepen. This comes as independents and people who were undecided on this issue last week […] Read more »
Majority of Americans believe Trump did something illegal
With former President Donald Trump now formally charged on criminal charges, a majority of Americans (53%) believe he intentionally did something illegal, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. An additional 11% say he acted wrongly but not intentionally. Only 20% believe Trump did not do anything wrong, and 16% […] Read more »
How to Make Trump Go Away
After more than three decades in and around politics, I now spend most of my time grappling with political questions in the classroom and in focus groups. There is one conundrum that fascinates me above others: Why does Donald Trump still generate such loyalty and devotion? And unlike 2016, can […] Read more »
Trump remains favored in 2024 presidential nomination despite criminal charges
The latest Reuters/Ipsos survey conducted following Donald Trump’s arrest and arraignment in New York on Tuesday shows that Americans are divided about Trump’s prosecution and continue to feel the prosecution is politically motivated but the charges against him are believable. The poll also shows that Republicans continue to support Trump […] Read more »
In Divided Washington, Americans Have Highly Negative Views of Both Parties’ Leaders
Nearly three months after the dawn of a new era of divided government in Washington, Americans express highly negative views of President Joe Biden, the congressional leadership in both parties and Congress more broadly. Americans’ pessimistic mood extends beyond politics. Views of the economy remain overwhelmingly negative, and nearly half […] Read more »