Voters See Midterms As Referendum on Trump
Voters think the upcoming midterm elections are more about President Trump than individual candidates and issues, but they don’t think a Democratic win necessarily means Trump should change course.
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September 4, 2018
August 30, 2018
Bye-Bye, NAFTA: Voters Think New Deal with Mexico Better for U.S.
Voters approve of President Trump’s decision to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and think the new U.S. trade deal with Mexico is better for America.
August 29, 2018
27% Say Fire Sessions; 27% Undecided
The ongoing feud between President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions continues to raise questions about whether the president is queuing up to remove Sessions from his position. While few give the attorney general positive marks, Democrats are even more impassioned than Republicans that Trump shouldn’t can him.
August 28, 2018
Voters Say Illegal Immigration A Big Concern But Question Those Who Raise It
A sizable majority of voters says illegal immigration is a critical issue for them in the upcoming congressional elections, but they also suspect most candidates raise the topic for political purposes only, not to deal with it.
August 28, 2018
Voters See Trump Impeachment As Less Likely
Voters see President Trump's impeachment as even less likely and think Democrats need to focus on policy issues instead.
August 27, 2018
Voters Don’t Want Pardons for Manafort, Cohen
Most voters, including Republicans, don’t want to see President Donald Trump use his constitutional power to pardon Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen.
August 24, 2018
Voters Say Manafort, Cohen Verdicts No Criminal Problem for Trump
Voters still tend to think the highly publicized cases of Trump associates Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen will not cause criminal problems for the president, but it’s a party line vote.
August 24, 2018
Voters Say Next Democratic Nominee Likely to Put World Before America
Voters agree with President Trump that America should come first on the world stage but don't think the Democratic party's next presidential nominee is likely to agree.
August 23, 2018
Will U.S. Be Most Powerful at the End of 21st Century?
Voters are continuing to grow more confident that the United States will remain the world’s top superpower for the foreseeable future.
August 23, 2018
Voters Are Backing Off The News But Still Think It’s Reliable
Fewer voters now say they’re following the news more closely than they were a year ago, but they still overwhelmingly consider the news they are getting reliable.
August 22, 2018
Biden’s Still Democrats’ Choice to Challenge Trump in 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden remains the clear favorite among Democrats to be their presidential nominee in 2020. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator who challenged Hillary Clinton for the party’s nomination in 2016, is a fading second.
August 21, 2018
Voters Think Reporters Side With Violent Protesters
Following the “Unite the Right’s” first anniversary white supremacy rally earlier this month that was counter-protested by groups like so-called “antifa”, voters think police do a good job dealing with violent protesters but don’t think the media sides with them.
August 20, 2018
67% Disagree With Cuomo About America’s ‘Greatness’
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a hopeful for the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nomination, said recently, “We’re not going to make America great again. It was never that great.”
August 17, 2018
Republicans More Likely To Vote Party Line Than Democrats
Republicans have more allegiance to their political party than Democrats.
August 17, 2018
46% See Benefit of A Competitive Third Party
As the nation gears up for midterm elections, half of voters say they’ve voted independent and think the nation would benefit from a strong third party.
August 16, 2018
Voters Don’t Like ‘Antifa’ Protesters, Say They’re Looking for Trouble
Voters are even more critical of the so-called “antifa” protesters who surfaced again this past weekend in Charlottesville and Washington, DC and continue to think they’re chiefly interested in causing trouble.
August 15, 2018
Five Years Later, Many Say Snowden is Neither Hero Nor Traitor
It’s been five years since Edward Snowden exposed the federal government’s surveillance of millions of innocent Americans in the name of national security, and voters still think he falls somewhere in between the lines of hero and traitor, though they still want him tried for treason.
August 15, 2018
Republicans More Likely to See a ‘Party of the People’ These Days
Voters—and Republicans specifically—have more faith these days that someone in Washington represents them.
August 14, 2018
Half Think Humans are Responsible for Global Warming
California Governor Jerry Brown blamed the spreading California wildfires on climate change, something voters still consider a serious issue heading into the midterms. And they think humans are to blame.
August 14, 2018
Most GOP Voters Say ‘No’ to Mueller Interview of Trump
Democrats want President Trump to sit down with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team for an interview; Republicans don’t. But both sides agree that a Trump interview is unlikely to bring Mueller’s probe to a close.
