Americans are increasingly confident in the news media and less so in President Donald Trump’s administration after a tumultuous year in U.S. politics that tested the public’s trust in both institutions, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday. The poll of more than 14,300 people found that the […] Read more »
Drawing Lines on the Wisconsin Map
When the Supreme Court on Oct. 3 hears the Wisconsin redistricting case, the legal conflict will pit a relatively narrow argument that is based on Court precedents against a broader-based approach based on constitutional history and good-government arguments. The clash also will likely explore the practicality of the reformers’ proposed […] Read more »
Americans’ Views of Supreme Court Ideology Shift
For the first time in nearly a decade, more Americans say the Supreme Court is too conservative (30%) than too liberal (23%). These views are reversed from last year, when 37% said the court was too liberal and 20% too conservative. Overall, the most popular view is that the Supreme […] Read more »
GOP Approval of Supreme Court Surges, Democrats’ Slides
In the past year, Republicans’ job approval rating of the Supreme Court has surged while Democrats’ rating has plummeted. Sixty-five percent of Republicans now approve of the Supreme Court, up from 26% last year. Meanwhile, Democrats’ approval has fallen from 67% in 2016 to 40%. CONT. Justin McCarthy, Gallup Read more »
An Accidental President Charts a Purposeful Course
It’s a popular refrain that President Trump and his administration are ineffectual and unable to achieve their goals. If you measure by legislation passed, that’s pretty much on target. … But if you widen the lens to other areas, it turns out that Trump and his administration have made, and […] Read more »
From Brexit to Zika: What Do Americans Know?
The latest Pew Research Center News IQ quiz finds that many Americans struggle when it comes to identifying some major political figures, though a majority knows that Paul Ryan is speaker of the House of Representatives. CONT. Pew Read more »