Republicans Are Still Skeptical of GOP Congress
Most Republicans are still unhappy with their congressional representatives and are less convinced of the need for President Trump to work with other GOP officials.
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January 14, 2019
January 10, 2019
Republicans Still Identify More With Trump Than GOP Congress
Democrats strongly identify with their congressional representatives, while Republicans still line up more with President Trump than with GOP members of Congress.
January 9, 2019
Democrats Don’t Want to Become a Socialist Party
The new class of Democratic representatives and senators sworn in to Congress brings with it a growing movement of socialist ideologies, but while Democrats are intrigued by the ideas of socialism, they’re not willing to commit to becoming a socialist party.
January 9, 2019
More Voters Now Think Congress Should Follow Trump’s Lead
With the new session of Congress under way, voters aren’t optimistic that things will get any better, but they are growing more convinced that Congress should follow President Trump’s lead.
January 9, 2019
Voters Think Media Matters More to Congress Than They Do
Voters still think Congress puts the media’s interests ahead of voters, though more now think Congress has their best interests at heart.
January 8, 2019
Republicans Strongly Favor Trump Over Romney
Mitt Romney may have pleased Democrats and the media with his recent op-ed criticizing President Trump, but Republican voters by a better than two-to-one margin line up with the president.
January 8, 2019
Democrats See House Control, Not Trump, As Bigger Factor in 2020
Voters give President Trump the edge over the new Democratic-controlled House of Representatives when it comes to which will be more beneficial to the next Democratic presidential candidate, but Democrats themselves see the House as a bigger factor.
January 7, 2019
What Do Republican, Democratic Candidates Think is Middle Class? Americans Chime In.
Americans think Democratic candidates are more likely to include lower-income folks in the middle class than Republicans are. GOP candidates are more likely to view higher-income Americans as middle class.
January 7, 2019
Voters Don't See Warren as Serious 2020 Contender
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren announced last week that she was forming an exploratory committee, a major step toward a 2020 presidential campaign. Voters in her party are confident the favored Democrat will go all the way, though voters in general are less convinced.
January 4, 2019
For Most, Government Shutdown Is A Nothingburger
Voters are overwhelmingly aware that there’s a partial shutdown of the federal government, but so far at least it isn’t bothering them.
December 24, 2018
Parents Still Favor Armed Teachers In The Schools
A panel investigating the massacre at a Parkland, Florida high school earlier this year has recommended that certain trained, vetted teachers be allowed to carry firearms in school, a proposal supported by the Trump administration’s Federal Commission on School Safety. Parents of school-age children continue to think that's a good idea.
December 20, 2018
Voters Say Trump, Not Pelosi, Should Set Nation's Direction
Nancy Pelosi is poised to become the most powerful Democrat in Washington, D.C., but voters prefer that President Trump lead the way.
December 19, 2018
Most Voters Consider a Cyberattack an Act of War
Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government are suspected in a recent cyberattack on the Marriott hotel chain in which the personal information of millions of hotel guests was compromised. Nearly two-out-of-three voters think a cyberattack by another country is an act of war, and most think it poses a greater risk than a traditional military attack.
December 13, 2018
Most Voters Still See Government As A Problem
President Ronald Reagan said in his first inaugural address in 1981 that “government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem,” and voters still agree.
December 12, 2018
Voters Sour on Booker, Harris Giveaway Programs, See No Cut in Poverty
Several prominent Democrats trying to break out of the pack of potential 2020 presidential hopefuls are proposing new large-scale government spending programs. But voters aren’t big on these income transfer programs, and few think they will reduce the level of poverty.
December 12, 2018
Voters Say Government Has Too Much Power
Most voters continue to believe the government has too much power over the individual citizen.
December 10, 2018
Voters Reject Gender As Major Voting Factor
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, one of many Democrats with an eye on their party’s 2020 presidential nomination, tweeted last week that America’s future is female and “intersectional” (focused on overlapping areas of discrimination). But voters insist gender doesn’t drive how they vote.
December 6, 2018
Voters Fondly Remember George H.W. Bush
The liberal media which excoriated George H.W. Bush when he was president now proclaims its love for him following his death last week. Even most Democrats, it seems, now look favorably on the 41st president.
December 5, 2018
Confidence In New Trade Deal with Canada, Mexico is Up
Most voters think the new trade deal with Canada and Mexico will pass Congress, and they’re slightly more confident these days that it will be better for the United States than the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA.
December 4, 2018
Voters Still See Mueller Charges Against Trump As Unlikely
Hope breeds eternal in the hearts of Democrats, but other voters see little chance of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation trapping President Trump.
