2022’s Most Unexpected Winners and Losers

Generally, we don’t like to endorse zero-sum views of the world, but it was hard to miss the seesaw effect at play across the political landscape of 2022. So we offer for your amusement (or annoyance, depending on your political priors) 11 sets of paired winners and losers — the […] Read more »

Americans support giving weapons to Ukraine — but that support declines with Russia’s threats

American sympathies have been with Ukraine in its battle against Russia since Russia invaded in February — but Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky will be asking for more than sympathy in his in-person address to Congress that is scheduled for Wednesday night. President Joe Biden is expected to announce during Zelensky’s […] Read more »

Growing US Divide on How Long to Support Ukraine

At the end of November, the United States authorized its latest assistance package to Ukraine, valued at $400 million to bolster the country’s security and defense in the war against Russia, now beginning its 10th month. A just-completed November 18-20 Chicago Council US assistance to Ukraine, both economically and with […] Read more »

Ron DeSantis has pulled into a tie with Joe Biden in a hypothetical 2024 matchup

A new Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has pulled into a tie with President Joe Biden in a hypothetical 2024 matchup, with each receiving 42% support from registered voters nationwide. DeSantis has increased his support in polling since January, while Biden’s support has remained […] Read more »

The U.S. Should Continue Supporting Ukraine—Americans Want To

The Ukrainian liberation of western Kherson Oblast on November 11 was a major victory. It has not ended the terrible pressure under which Ukrainians find themselves, however. … Americans, fortunately, seem to agree that the US should continue to support Ukraine militarily and financially despite hinted Russian nuclear threats. A […] Read more »

Fox News Poll: Polarization defines the midterm election

When inflation and crime are voters’ biggest concerns – and the economy and the president are rated negatively – it seems safe to predict the incumbent party will get punished at the ballot box. But political polarization and the Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade may spare Democrats a trouncing […] Read more »