… From the first day of Trump’s presidential campaign in 2015 — when he denounced Mexican immigrants as “rapists” and “criminals” — Trump has targeted the groups in the electorate who polls show feel the most threatened by demographic, cultural and economic change, particularly older, blue collar, evangelical and non-urban […] Read more »
Democrats Regain Edge in Party Favorable Ratings
Americans again rate the Democratic Party (44%) more positively than the Republican Party (36%). This is a shift since May, when the parties were essentially tied. However, Democrats have held an edge in favorable ratings for most of the past three years. CONT. Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »
CNN Poll: Opinion of the Republican Party falls to all-time low
There are fresh signs the Republican Party’s brand is in trouble. Fewer than three in 10 Americans — 29% — hold a favorable view of the Republican Party according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. That is down 13 percentage points from March and is the lowest mark […] Read more »
At Alabama Rally, Trump Toggles Between Republican Loyalists
President Trump on Friday implored Alabama voters to support Senator Luther Strange in a close Republican primary, putting his personal political clout on the line in a break with his anti-establishment supporters to aid a lawmaker he portrayed as a loyal soldier for his agenda. … Mr. Trump’s decision to […] Read more »
How Trump is helping to save our democracy
The election of Donald Trump could be one of the best things that ever happened to American democracy. We say this even though we believe that Trump poses a genuine danger to our republican institutions and has done enormous damage to our country. He has violated political norms, weakened our […] Read more »
Public prefers Obamacare to Graham-Cassidy, 56-33%
Americans by more than a 20-point margin prefer the existing federal health care law to the latest, imperiled Republican alternative — another challenge to the GOP’s long-held effort to repeal and replace Obamacare. CONT. Gary Langer, ABC News Read more »