By Glynn Wilson – President Donald Trump’s job approval rating took another nose dive this week down to 36 percent, according to the latest Gallup poll, in the wake of the failure of House Republican leaders to muster the votes to pass a new healthcare bill that would have repealed and replaced the Affordable Care…
By Glynn Wilson – President Donald Trump and the Republicans in Congress suffered a stunning political defeat on Friday when House leaders withdrew legislation to repeal Obamacare and replace it with Trumpcare, when it became obvious they did not have the votes to pass the so-called American Health Care Act to replace the Affordable Care…
Voters Think Attorney General Jeff Sessions Should Resign – By Glynn Wilson – A new national poll shows there’s very little support among American voters for the Republican American Health Care Act, the bill offered up by the Trump administration to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare. Only 24 percent…
By Glynn Wilson – Less than two weeks into Donald J. Trump’s tenure as President of the United States, already 40 percent of Americans say they want him impeached and removed from office in an unprecedented public backlash to his policies, according to a new survey just out from Public Policy Polling. Yet it is…
By Glynn Wilson – Hundreds of thousands of people afraid for the future of America took to the streets across the country on Friday and Saturday in mass protests against the election and inauguration of Donald J. Trump as president of the United States, in what news organizations such as Reuters called “an early indication…
By Glynn Wilson – As Donald J. Trump prepares to take the oath of office on Jan. 20, less than half of Americans say they are confident in his ability to handle the duties of a president of the United States. According to the latest Gallup poll on the subject, only 44 percent of respondents…
By Glynn Wilson – As President Barack Obama prepares to exit the national stage in January after eight years in the White House, he will leave office as the most admired man in America, even if as the first African-American president his tenure has been controversial to those on the political right. In the latest…
Connecting the Dots – By Glynn Wilson – What a year it has been. Whether you liked it and prospered or were horrified by some of the stories and events, it was a year to remember, even if many people would simply like to forget. To write a year in review column, I was looking…
ANALYSIS – By Glynn Wilson – President Barack Obama faced the national press corps on Friday in his final press conference of the year and one of the last of his presidency. The American people might want to watch this for themselves to see a class act at work before the vulgar loose cannon Donald…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The number one reaction from Americans when asked their feelings on Donald Trump’s win in the presidential election was “surprise.” A large majority of Americans, 75 percent, say they were shocked to see how the election came out, according to the latest Gallup poll on the subject. Perhaps…
By Glynn Wilson – With only four days to go until voting commences in the 2016 presidential election, surveys show the contest for the White House is too close to call, with Democrat Hillary Clinton barely leading nationally with 45 percent of support compared to Republican Donald Trump’s 42 percent, well within the 3 percentage…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the eve of the first major general election presidential debate, American voters are not confident either party’s candidate would make a great president, according to the latest Gallup poll on the subject. Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will go into the debate Monday night as the…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Public trust and confidence in the American press and mass media has fallen to its lowest level in Gallup polling history, according to the latest survey on the subject. Only 32 percent of Americans now say they have a great deal or fair amount of trust in the…
By Glynn Wilson – Voting day for the presidential election of 2016 is less than three months down the road now, Tuesday, November 8, and there’s still no clear front runner. People have their opinions, but to what source should people pay attention in such matters? I was just out in the yard talking to…
By Glynn Wilson – Public opinion survey results in the wake of the national political party conventions over the past two weeks back up what knowledgeable commentators said at the time. The convention shows still matter in swaying public opinion at the margins, and the Democratic Party’s convention show and Hillary Clinton’s speech won over…
By Glynn Wilson – Now that President Barack Obama’s approval rating is higher than 50 percent, one survey research firm is predicting that the Democratic Party’s nominee, most likely Hillary Clinton, will hold onto the White House in the general election come November, even if she has to face Donald Trump. According to a compilation…
ANALYSIS – By Glynn Wilson – A majority of Americans agree that rich people and big corporations pay too little in taxes, according to the latest Gallup poll on the subject, just as Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is making that case as a contender for the Dempocratic nomination for president. Six in 10 Americans continue…
Bernie Sanders and John Kasich Show Improvements – By Frank Newport and Glynn Wilson – The rough and tumble nature of the 2016 primary and caucus season is taking its toll on the public images of leading presidential candidates, according to the latest Gallup poll. The public images of Republican celebrity and business man Donald…
By Frank Newport and Glynn Wilson – The public images of Ted Cruz and Donald Trump among Republicans have dropped to all-time lows in recent days as exchanges between the Republican presidential candidates have turned highly negative and personal, according to the latest Gallup poll on the subject. Cruz’s net favorable rating among Republicans is…
“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.†— William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2 – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — It’s Joe Cain Day, the Sunday before Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras Day, when some people on the Gulf Coast feast before some Christians observe a…
