This was the week when the Republican Party finally went all in with President Trump. What once seemed unlikely is now reality. The Republican establishment — there are a few dissenting voices, of course — has succumbed to the power of the presidency, and this president in particular. This coming […] Read more »
Poll Hub podcast: Is the Nunes Memo Watergate 2.0?
The contents of the so-called “Nunes memo” are expected to be released as early as today. The memo has created a firestorm that, to some, signals a constitutional crisis nearing the level of Watergate. CONT. Marist Poll Read more »
Why The Nunes Memo Probably Won’t Do What Trump Wants It To
Public opinion on the Russia investigation has been pretty stable all year — Republicans are skeptical but Americans overall support it. It’s hard, therefore, to see the much-hyped “Nunes memo,” which Trump declassified and congressional Republicans then made public on Friday, changing all that much. CONT. Perry Bacon Jr., FiveThirtyEight […] Read more »
Trump Is Making 2018 Much Harder for Republicans
Like colliding storm systems, the three central dynamics shaping the 2018 electoral battlefield converged in President Trump’s first State of the Union address on Tuesday. And control of Congress may turn on which one of these forces voters weigh most heavily. The first dynamic is the buoyant state of the […] Read more »
FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast: Which Version Of Trump’s Presidency Is Happening?
On the eve of President Trump’s first official State of the Union address, the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast checks in on how his administration is doing, and which of the 14 versions of Trump’s presidency that Nate outlined about a year ago look like they could still happen. The team also […] Read more »
Polls show ‘no one’ cares about the Russia investigation, White House press secretary said. That’s not true.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said President Trump will not address the ongoing investigation into collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia because no Americans care about the issue. At Monday’s White House briefing, Sanders said: “We spend more time on that than we do any other topic […] Read more »