The eighth annual American Values Survey from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), released this morning at an event with The Brookings Institution, finds fractures in the Republican Party over the Trump Presidency. Approximately one in three Republicans surveyed (31 percent) say they would prefer the 2020 Republican nominee be […] Read more »
Poynter Media Trust Survey: Trump is causing Democrats to trust media more, while Republicans are endorsing more extreme views
The presidency of Donald Trump has caused Democrats to experience a surge in confidence in the press at the same time that Republicans and Trump supporters are expressing more extreme, negative views of the media, according to new research in the Poynter Media Trust Survey released today. But while views […] Read more »
Lots Of Alabama Voters Care About Roy Moore’s Scandals
Roy Moore, who has been accused by two women of initiating unwanted sexual contact with them when they were underaged, is back in the lead in the most recent polls of Alabama’s Senate race. Although it’s still anyone’s election — turnout is hard to model in special elections and Moore’s […] Read more »
Democratic Party Maintains Edge in Party Affiliation
Forty-four percent of U.S. adults identify as Democrats or are independents who lean to the Democratic Party, while 37% are Republican identifiers or leaners. Democrats have maintained an edge of between five and nine percentage points on this measure of party affiliation throughout 2017, after holding a narrow advantage in […] Read more »
How will the tax reform legislation impact the middle class?
Julie Pace, Ramesh Ponnuru, Ron Brownstein, and Ezra Klein discuss the political impact tax reform legislation could have on the Republican Party and what Flynn’s plea deal means for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Face the Nation, CBS News Read more »
Alabama’s Disdain for Democrats Looms Over Its Senate Race
… Mr. Moore was never widely popular in Alabama, even among Republicans; his zealous fan base has been just enough in some past elections, and in others — his two poor showings in Republican primaries for governor — it has been far short of enough. The aversion to Mr. Moore […] Read more »