There are days in Washington lately when it feels like the truth itself is on trial. Monday was one of those days. … While truth was deemed an endangered species in the nation’s capital long before President Trump’s arrival, it has become axiomatic in the era of “alternative facts” that […] Read more »
The Russification of the Republican Party
Just how far will Republicans go in following President Donald Trump’s embrace of Russia? An answer may be crystallizing as the GOP mobilizes its defense of the president against impeachment. Both congressional Republicans and conservative commentators are defending Trump from impeachment partly by accusing Ukraine of intervening against him in […] Read more »
The Impeachment Hearings Just Confirmed Voters’ Preexisting Opinions
The first phase of the impeachment process is over, and according to our impeachment tracker, public opinion on impeaching and removing President Trump has remained largely steady through most of November, with roughly 47 percent of Americans supporting impeachment and 44 percent opposed. And in our latest survey with Ipsos, […] Read more »
Yes, views on impeachment are related to belief in conspiracy theories — but not the ones you’d expect
The impeachment inquiry into President Trump is rife with conspiracy theories. It began, in part, with Trump’s demand that the Ukrainians investigate the “CrowdStrike” conspiracy theory, the false idea that Ukraine has the Democratic server that was hacked in 2016. Then came numerous conspiracy theories about congressional witnesses, George Soros […] Read more »
On impeachment of Trump, the gender gap grows wider
One of the most enduring themes of this administration — women dislike President Trump at historically high rates, while men are more tolerant of his actions — is only getting more fortified with the impeachment debate. Poll after poll shows a clear majority of women support both Trump’s impeachment in […] Read more »
What past impeachments tell us about Trump’s 2020 prospects
History signals that the public’s final verdict on President Donald Trump’s possible impeachment won’t be delivered until the 2020 election — whatever happens next in the House and Senate, and however Americans react to it. … “The whole impeachment debate has intensified preexisting feelings about the President,” says Republican pollster […] Read more »