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How the border wall divided the GOP

President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency, intended to allow him to build a wall on the southern border without Congress approving funds, has sparked intense debate within the Republican Party, just as Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) warned it would weeks ago. … The Republican divide over the national […] Read more »

Presidential Approval Up After Last Three States of Union

As President Donald Trump prepares to give the State of the Union address, he is hoping to reap some political benefit from it, as has occurred after the past three such addresses. Trump, in 2018, and Barack Obama, in 2015 and 2016, saw modest two- to four-percentage-point increases in approval […] Read more »

Democrats Lead Surge in Belief U.S. Should Be World Leader

Three-fourths (75%) of Americans today think the United States has “a special responsibility to be the leading nation in world affairs,” up from 66% in 2010. The surge is driven by Democrats, whose belief in this idea has increased from 61% eight years ago to 81% now. CONT. Jim Norman, […] Read more »

Democrats sweep Reagan Country in California

It was where “good Republicans go to die,” Ronald Reagan often quipped. Now, with the final ballots counted, Democrats have achieved a total takeover of congressional seats in the one-time Republican bastion of Orange County. Across the country on Election Day, Democrats shifted the balance of power in the US […] Read more »

Trump Rated Worse Than Other Modern-Day Presidents on Ethics

A majority of Americans say President Donald Trump’s ethical standards are lower than those of each of six U.S. presidents elected in the past 50 years. Less than half say Trump’s ethics are lower than Richard Nixon’s, but the 43% saying this still outweighs the 37% who say Trump’s ethics […] Read more »