President Donald Trump is staring down possible impeachment. Fortunately for him, his base of very conservative Republicans in the Senate likely would save him from being removed from office. But CNN/SSRS polling in September suggests that Trump should be more worried about a part of the Republican Party that gets […] Read more »
Why Trump’s impeachment inquiry will be more divisive than Nixon/Clinton
If impeachment of the president is always a match, today it is dropping into a much larger pool of gasoline than it did under President Richard Nixon or even President Bill Clinton. After years of steadily rising partisan conflict, the inquiry that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced last week may […] Read more »
How House elections will expand the 2020 Electoral College map
The results of the 2020 House and Senate races will largely determine the efficacy of the next president. Losing either chamber to the other party would hamstring a president’s agenda — allowing the opposition to obstruct legislation, effectively negotiate the budget, and in the case of the Senate, stall executive […] Read more »
Does Religion Eliminate the Gender Gap?
One of the things that I have to impress upon my graduate students is there aren’t that many “laws” in social science. Unlike the physical sciences where the behavior of cells can be predicted with great precision, we really don’t have any findings that are always true in every circumstance. […] Read more »
Democrats Maintain Favorability Edge Over Republicans
Americans continue to view the Democratic Party slightly more favorably than the Republican Party, but the GOP maintains its edge on two key responsibilities of government — protecting the U.S. from external threats and keeping the country prosperous. CONT. Megan Brenan, Gallup Read more »
Republicans might oppose impeachment, but do they condone what Trump did?
For most of the time President Trump has been in office, Republican elected officials have chosen to look away or down during difficult moments. They have preferred silence over speaking out, whether out of a fear of political retaliation or a calculation that the value of policies he and they […] Read more »