President Biden has lackluster poll numbers, and they seem stuck. Democrats can’t pass much legislation on Capitol Hill. There is wide pessimism within the party about the midterms. So a familiar blame game has begun: Message X, Person Y or Campaign Tactic Z is killing the party. The problem? Virtually […] Read more »
How Immigration Politics Drives Some Hispanic Voters to the G.O.P. in Texas
… Donald J. Trump’s brand of populism has been widely viewed as an appeal to white voters: Republicans around the country continue to exploit the fear that the left is attacking religious values and wants to replace traditional white American culture with nonwhite multiculturalism. But similar grievances have resonated in […] Read more »
Most Americans remember Trayvon Martin’s death and George Zimmerman’s trial
Ten years after Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, and Zimmerman was subsequently found not guilty, most Americans still remember it well — particularly Black Americans. CONTINUED Jennifer De Pinto, CBS News The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll results and insightful analysis. […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Majority favors nominating an African-American woman to SCOTUS
President Joe Biden pledged to nominate the first Black woman to the high court during his 2020 campaign, and voters support him doing that: 63% favor the move, while 28% oppose it, according to the latest Fox News poll. … Majorities are favorable across the board, with Democrats (91%), Black […] Read more »
Washington Post-ABC News poll: Americans divided over whether first Black female justice will make a difference
About half of Americans say having a Black woman on the Supreme Court for the first time would not make a difference for the country, but almost as many say it would be a good thing, a Washington Post-ABC News poll finds. Four percent say it would be a bad […] Read more »
Poll finds sharp partisan divisions on the impact of a Black woman justice
Leading into President Joe Biden’s first Supreme Court nomination, Americans are split along partisan lines on a range of attitudes relating to the high court — approval of its job performance, confidence in Biden’s selection and how having a Black woman as justice would affect the country. There is one […] Read more »