In his first 400 days in office, President Trump made more than 2,400 false or misleading claims, according to The Washington Post. … Wittingly or not, Mr. Trump’s representatives have used a subtle psychological strategy to defend his falsehoods: They encourage people to reflect on how the falsehoods could have […] Read more »
‘I Was Trump Before Trump Was Trump’
Don Blankenship likes to believe he knows something about rough justice and who deserves it. “We don’t need to investigate our president. We need to arrest Hillary,” one of his campaign ads proclaims, mimicking President Trump’s crude 2016 rallying cry, “Lock her up!” … In Republican races across the country, […] Read more »
President Trump, Twitter and the News Media
If President Trump wants to keep a Republican Congress after 2018, he needs to tweet less about people who offend him (the media, Jeff Bezos, Mueller, etc.) and focus more on the economy and things that help everyday Americans. Frank Luntz .@FrankLuntz: “It’s [@POTUS‘s] own tweets that are causing so […] Read more »
Authoritarian Warning Survey: Increased threat levels and perceived risk of democratic breakdown
Our expert survey results in March 2018 demonstrate increased threat levels and perceived risk of democratic breakdown. From February to March 2018, ratings worsened on all six dimensions of democratic performance, further reversing the improvement from December to January. Experts rate a 9.1% chance of democratic breakdown in the U.S. […] Read more »
It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again in Southwest Pennsylvania
… This year’s midterms don’t have to be a referendum on President Donald Trump any more than 2010 was about putting limits on Barack Obama’s presidential power. They need to be about what congressional Republicans have accomplished, with an emphasis on tax reform, jobs and wages. That means talking specifics […] Read more »
Words Used to Describe ‘Higher Ed’ Make a Difference
Different words used to describe higher education evoke different confidence ratings among U.S. adults. Americans are considerably more likely to say they have a great deal of confidence in “higher education” than in “colleges and universities.” … The percentages of Democrats who report having a great deal of confidence in […] Read more »