… All in all, President Trump’s speech represented the case he intends to take to the American people in his re-election campaign. By not mentioning Democrats’ efforts to impeach and remove him from office, by minimizing partisan jabs and focusing on proposals that could command support across partisan, class, and […] Read more »
Whatever (Again)!
For more than a decade, whatever has taken the top spot as the most annoying word or phrase used in conversation. CONT. Marist Poll Read more »
Blacked Out: Policies prohibiting the release of pre-election polls near Election Day
On this week’s episode of our podcast, Poll Hub, traditionally, pollsters do not release pre-election polls on Election Day, but that could be changing. We discuss why and assess the rules other countries have in place prohibiting the release of such polls around the time voters head to the polls. […] Read more »
19 striking findings from 2019
Every year, Pew Research Center publishes hundreds of reports, blog posts, digital essays and other studies on a wide range of topics, from the demographic and political changes that are reshaping the United States to the attitudes and experiences of people in dozens of other countries. At the end of […] Read more »
Trump sounds just like a right-wing talk-radio host
… Reality TV may have enshrined his celebrity, but Trump’s tone, his concerns and his willingness to shock people are most at home on the radio waves during rush hour. He calls the House investigation “The Greatest Witch Hunt In American History!” and a “hoax.” He asserts without evidence that […] Read more »
2020 Democratic Candidates Wage Escalating Fight (on the Merits of Fighting)
… At a basic level, this is a debate over word choice. Candidates have been selling themselves as “fighters” for centuries, ostensibly on behalf of the proverbial “you.” It goes back at least to 1828, when Andrew Jackson bludgeoned John Quincy Adams, his erudite opponent, with the slogan “Adams can […] Read more »