A record-low 12% of Americans currently cite some aspect of the economy as the most important problem facing the U.S., down from 17% last month and one percentage point below the previous low of 13% recorded in May 1999. Mentions of the economy as the top problem reached 86% in […] Read more »
The Economy Is Humming, but Trump Is Tweeting. Republicans Are Worried.
As Democrats enter the fall midterm campaign with palpable confidence about reclaiming the House and perhaps even the Senate, tensions are rising between the White House and congressional Republicans over who is to blame for political difficulties facing the party, with President Trump’s advisers pointing to the high number of […] Read more »
The Midterm Messages That Matter
Ask any political analyst what midterm elections are about and they will respond, “midterms are almost always referenda on the incumbent president,” and the statistics bear them out. … But just how challenging a midterm election will be for a president’s party is largely determined by which party does the […] Read more »
Nearly Half of Latino Voters Support Delaying Nomination Process for Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh
Less than two months before Latino voters head to the polls for the 2018 midterm elections, the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund and Latino Decisions released the results of the second wave of its ten-week tracking poll of Latino registered voters. Results from the […] Read more »
Defending against terrorism has remained a top policy priority for Americans since 9/11
Over the course of more than 15 years and three presidential administrations, Americans have consistently said that defending the nation against terrorism should be a top policy priority for the White House and Congress, according to Pew Research Center surveys conducted since shortly after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. […] Read more »
NBC/Marist poll: It’s a neck-and-neck Senate race in Tennessee
Democrat Phil Bredesen and Republican Marsha Blackburn are running neck and neck in Tennessee’s Senate contest, despite the state’s deep-red hue, according to a new NBC News/Marist poll of Tennessee. Bredesen, the state’s former governor, gets support from 48 percent of likely voters, while Blackburn, who is a current member […] Read more »