… Post-truth is pre-fascism, and Trump has been our post-truth president. When we give up on truth, we concede power to those with the wealth and charisma to create spectacle in its place. Without agreement about some basic facts, citizens cannot form the civil society that would allow them to […] Read more »
Most Americans reject the attack on the Capitol — but millions empathize with the mob
Over the course of the past five years, the labels I use when I create graphics based on polling have grown increasingly dark. From poll questions about perceptions of foreign interference in elections, to impeachment, to death tolls from novel viruses to, now, sentiment about the violent takeover of the […] Read more »
The events of this week show the GOP has a big problem
Let’s state what happened on Wednesday for what it was: an insurrection by supporters of President Donald Trump storming the US Capitol. They were the definition of a mob. The insurrection and the Electoral College objections to President-elect Joe Biden’s election that preceded and followed it were an ugly milestone […] Read more »
Seven Key Stats From the 2020 Election
The horrific events in the Capitol have made this one of the darkest weeks in recent history. There is no justification whatsoever for what occurred on Wednesday. While Republicans should always support election integrity in the voting process, many people have had difficulty in understanding how President Trump could have […] Read more »
Whose Party Is It?
… Since January of 2019, the NBC/Wall Street Journal poll has asked GOP voters if they identify more as a supporter of President Trump or as a supporter of the Republican Party. In almost every poll, more Republicans identified as supporters of Trump than of the Republican Party. In fact, […] Read more »
Party ID Average for 2020 Winds Up Similar to Prior Years
Forty-eight percent of U.S. adults on average in 2020 identified as Democrats or were independents who leaned toward the Democratic Party, while 43% were Republicans or Republican-leaning independents. The five-point Democratic advantage is consistent with the partisan balance Gallup measured over the previous four years, and is similar to the […] Read more »