Key Points• The new House landscape is fairly similar to the old one.• However, there is a notable increase in the number of super-safe Republican seats — and a modest decline in the overall number of competitive districts.• New Hampshire, the final state to complete redistricting, kept its old map […] Read more »
A candidate’s position on gun control laws matters, but for Democrats more than Republicans
For many voters, issues related to gun laws will play a factor in which candidates and officials they support in upcoming elections, but the issue is more of a factor for Democrats than Republicans — even among Republican voters who say they always vote in Republican primaries. Americans overall support […] Read more »
Half of Republicans support stricter gun laws, a double-digit jump in a year, USA TODAY/Ipsos poll says
Half of Republicans support stricter gun laws, an exclusive USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds, a double-digit increase after a series of horrific mass shootings at schools, stores, streets and houses of worship. The increase in GOP support – from 35% last year to 50% – could boost the prospects for Congress […] Read more »
Why is trust in government so low? There’s blame to go around.
Pew Research Center’s latest poll confirms what has been known for a long time: Trust in government is low. Really low. “Just 20% say they trust the government in Washington to do the right thing just about always or most of the time,” the pollsters found, although when asked about […] Read more »
What did Trump know, and when did he know it?
The chronology is so symbolically perfect that it borders on the eerie. Next week, we will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in. And this Thursday night marks the start of the House Select Committee public hearings on the Jan. 6 insurrection — a chilling event that displaced Watergate […] Read more »
Winning Back The Factory Towns That Made Trumpism Possible
… Small and midsized counties with a big manufacturing presence, what we have come to call Factory Towns, are at the heart of a concerted long-term push by the rightwing to fundamentally reshape American politics, and they should be at the heart of a progressive strategy to win a long-term […] Read more »