Abortion, Trump and Swing Voters

Democrats are happily watching from the sidelines as the Republican Party continues to be defined by two issues that turn off swing voters: Donald Trump and abortion. The more Trump is in the news, the better for Democrats. President Biden’s job approval ratings are a less-than-robust 43%, and poll after […] Read more »

The GOP’s ‘Abusive Relationship’ With Trump

It’s a measure of Donald Trump’s hold on the Republican Party that his unprecedented criminal indictment is strengthening, not loosening, his grip. Trump was on the defensive after November’s midterm election because many in the GOP blamed voter resistance to him for the party’s disappointing results. But five months later […] Read more »

Republicans don’t think Trump is a saint. But they don’t want him taken down.

The circus has arrived. There’s no telling what happens to former President Trump’s poll numbers now that he’s been indicted and arraigned; we’re in uncharted territory. There are, however, some fairly remarkable clues emerging. … It’s all just a new iteration of the same pattern we’ve seen since 2015: Trump […] Read more »

CNN Poll: Majority of Americans approve of Trump indictment

Sixty percent of Americans approve of the indictment of former President Donald Trump, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS following the news that a New York grand jury voted to charge him in connection with hush money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. About three-quarters […] Read more »

Half of Americans say Trump charges are serious

In the wake of former President Donald Trump’s indictment on charges related to a payment of hush money to an adult film actress, half of Americans view the charges as serious, and nearly as many feel that Trump should be charged with a crime, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll shows. […] Read more »