According to a durable truism of American politics, Republicans find it much easier than Democrats to unite around a single political message. Not all nuggets of conventional wisdom are reliably accurate, but this one has substantial truth behind it: the collective self-definition of the Republican Party as the agent of […] Read more »
Framing the Next Step on Impeachment
Most Americans continue to support impeachment, while even more suspect the President of wrongdoing. Support for impeachment may grow if progressives elevate the right validators and emphasize the right facts. CONT. Navigator Research Read more »
Law-and-order or conspiracy? How political parties frame the impeachment battle will help decide Trump’s fate
Tallies are displayed as House members vote on a resolution on impeachment procedure on Oct. 31, 2019. AP/Andrew Harnik Jennifer Mercieca, Texas A&M University The presidential impeachment battle moves to a new stage on Wednesday, when the House will conduct the first public, televised testimony. The nation is divided: Although […] Read more »
How Trump Reshaped the Presidency in Over 11,000 Tweets
… When Mr. Trump entered office, Twitter was a political tool that had helped get him elected and a digital howitzer that he relished firing. In the years since, he has fully integrated Twitter into the very fabric of his administration, reshaping the nature of the presidency and presidential power. […] Read more »
8 in 10 voters want both ‘compromise and common ground’ as well as leaders who ‘will stand up to the other side’
A majority of Americans believe political, racial, and class divisions are getting worse, according to the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service Battleground Civility Poll, the second component of the Battleground Poll. This includes three-quarters or more of men and women; urban, suburban, and rural voters; approximately 7-in-10 or […] Read more »
The Activation of Prejudice and Presidential Voting
As a candidate for President, Donald Trump defied recent norms for presidential candidates with several racially charged statements. Did that rhetoric—and the 2016 campaign more generally—affect voters’ support for Trump in his general-election contest with Hillary Clinton? Given prior research on prejudice and priming, a few research questions loom especially […] Read more »