Key Findings• Republicans widely support Donald Trump and believe his claims about a stolen election. While Republicans support all elements of the ‘Stop the Steal’ narrative in high numbers, the overall electorate largely rejects these claims and propositions.• Among Republicans, 85 percent believe it was appropriate for Trump to file […] Read more »
As Democrats go hard left, Hispanics head to the center
The 2020 election was a surprise on many levels. President Donald Trump got much closer to reelection than most pundits predicted. The blue wave turned out to be a figment of the media’s and Democrats’ imagination. And Republicans did far better than expected down ballot and across the country. There […] Read more »
McConnell’s specious argument against federal voting laws
In his long, largely unprincipled pursuit of power at any price, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has proved particularly adept at inventing constitutional principles and American history from whole cloth. So it was when McConnell fabricated the claim that the Senate didn’t confirm Supreme Court nominees in presidential election […] Read more »
Vaccinated Republicans are going out far more than vaccinated Democrats
There are fewer new cases of Covid-19 in the US in more than a year. The response from an increasing number of Americans has been to resume a lot of normal activities. This is consistent across polling data and real-world activities, such as flying. This step in the country’s return […] Read more »
For Biden, confronting Putin may have been easier than dealing with Republicans back in Washington
With confidence and elan, President Joe Biden rallied allies abroad last week around the viability of 21st century democracy. Proving it here at home will be harder. Members of the transatlantic coalition — at meetings of the Group of Seven, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union — […] Read more »
Trump was wrong about the law, Obamacare politics and his judges
Former President Donald Trump promised to repeal Obamacare, the health insurance program that helped fuel the backlash tea party movement and ultimately his own candidacy. If Trump couldn’t get Congress to do away with the law — and he couldn’t, even with Republicans in control of both chambers — he […] Read more »