Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) diatribe against big business could spawn volumes of analysis. The text tells many tales: the frayed coalition between the board room and the pick-up truck, hypocrisy, and more. What struck me most was the fundamental inaccuracy of nearly every assertion and premise on which […] Read more »
Polling data reveal a real opportunity for Democrats
… From our vantage point, the data plot line that is the most meaningful for Democrats, as we look ahead to big races in 2021 and the 2022 midterms, is the 6-point increase in independent affiliation from just a few months ago at the end of 2020. Today, 44 percent […] Read more »
Polls show majority of Republicans mistakenly think the 2020 election wasn’t legitimate
… Republicans have been pushing legislation at the state level to make voting at least somewhat more difficult than it was for the 2020 election. This has come in the wake of polls showing many Republicans doubt the election result. It is unclear what effect this legislation will ultimately have […] Read more »
The GOP commitment to democracy
… We conducted a survey of registered voters in Pennsylvania, a battleground that represents the major divisions in our national politics, to assess Republicans’ commitment to democracy. We asked respondents about their support for certain principles of democracy as well as for their assessment of how American democracy is working […] Read more »
A Fight Over Taxes Could Heal The Rift Between Business And The GOP
… It is understandable why many leaders in the business community and “legacy” Republican Party—the one that supported internationalism and free trade, not populism and protectionism—are growing concerned with today’s GOP. Not only has the party largely abandoned the libertarian principles that once helped those companies’ bottom lines, but it […] Read more »
Existential Threat — Or Politics As Usual?
In Washington — and in many state capitols — legislators and activists have cast voting legislation in apocalyptic terms, claiming that any change in voter law represents an existential threat to democracy as we know it. New rules on obtaining a ballot are decried as suppression, while anything that opens […] Read more »