Increasing the Likelihood that Democrats Will Hold the Senate in November – By Glynn Wilson – Political Analyst – With just over three weeks to go until Election Day 2022, Nov. 8, control of the United States Senate still hangs in the balance. But new developments are giving pollsters more confidence that the Democrats may…
By Glynn Wilson – New York Times public opinion pundit Nate Cohn is at it again. Never forget, he was the public opinion analyst who famously said in 2016 of Hillary Clinton, “She’s got this.” He’s now writing an email newsletter called “The Tilt” for the Times, which went out by email Monday morning. The…
By Glynn Wilson – Joe Biden is back. With 75 days to go until the midterm elections, old Joe Biden is riding a blue wave back toward presidential popularity with independent, swing voters now that gas prices are going down and the people are finding out about the passage of a historic climate, health care…
By Glynn Wilson – ANALYSIS – Some important voters were paying attention to the Capitol Attack hearings this summer. And not just Democrats, paying rapt attention to every revelation and detail of Trump’s crimes against the country and the Constitution and sharing the stories on social media. Independent voters were watching too, and according to…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Where should a wary public turn for reliable information? Too bad it’s not working out to try turning the clock back to the 20th century to trust in newspapers and television news. The Gallup Poll became the gold standard for public opinion back then,…
By Glynn Wilson – The midterm elections are less than four months down the road from now, on November 8, and the mainstream media and big name pollsters are still bullish on the Republicans, while oddsmakers are still betting they will take back control of Congress in 2023. Why? How it could it be that…
By Glynn Wilson – This just in — and this is HUGE — as Trump and Bernie Sanders used to say. A huge majority, 74 percent of the American people now believe Donald Trump — the former president being investigated on a number of fronts most notably for inciting an insurrection and leading a seditious conspiracy…
By Glynn Wilson – While Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is having some trouble rolling over Ukraine on the battlefield and is now the most unpopular man in the world, he can at least have a shot of vodka and laugh at the chaos in the United States. American patriotism is taking a major hit on…
A majority of Americans also think the Select Committee has been fair – Staff Report – Nearly 6 in 10 Americans believe former President Donald Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. The same number…
Staff Report – As Congress moves closer than it has in years to passing gun safety legislation following the recent mass shootings in Texas and New York, a new Morning Consult/Politico poll shows voter support for gun control has reached a new high. According to the June 10-12 survey, 68 percent of voters support stricter…
By Glynn Wilson – With only six months to go before the midterm elections on November 8, Republicans are still more enthusiastic to vote than Democrats, although the party in power is gaining some ground thanks to a recent leak of a draft ruling on abortion out of the United States Supreme Court. The share…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Too see how the cause of Ukraine has captured the attention of the American people, check out the latest Gallup poll on the subject, which found that 78 percent say they approve of “allowing up to 100,000” Ukrainian refugees into the United States. The poll was based on a…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — An overwhelming majority of American voters, 83 percent, say the world would be a better place without Russian President Vladimir Putin in power, according to a new Morning Consult poll. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on the other hand, gets high marks from all voters, with 64 percent saying the…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maybe the American public is finally seeing the evidence of climate change due to global warming from the burning of fossil fuels where they live. That as well as the heightened news coverage about it and concern being shown by politicians and agencies in Washington again has the…
But Americans continue to favor her confirmation by a nearly 2-to-1 margin – Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson appears to be bound for the Supreme Court after coming through last week’s four-day confirmation hearing relatively unscathed, but the latest Morning Consult/Politico poll suggests that some of the questioning she faced…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the news with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, dwindling Covid cases and the lifting of mask requirements, the trial of the first Trump supporter convicted for the Capitol insurrection, President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union speech and the appointment…
Biden’s job performance: 45% approve; 46% support his handling of Ukraine – Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden posted his best approval rating in months following his first State of the Union address and the war in Ukraine, according to a new Morning Consult/Politico poll. While 51 percent of voters disapprove of…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly all Americans are highly concerned about inflation and especially the rising price of gas, but about half of voters in the United States now support blocking further imports of oil from Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine even if that means higher gas prices at the pump,…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court pick, has more initial support for her confirmation than any of the three jurists nominated by President Donald Trump, according to a new Morning Consult/Politico poll. Only 17 percent of voters oppose the nomination. A plurality of voters, 46 percent,…
Staff Report – A week after Facebook Inc. announced its new corporate name Meta, along with a new logo as part of the company’s strategic shift toward focusing on the metaverse, the public’s initial reaction to the rebrand is less than enthusiastic, according to new data from Morning Consult. Americans feel even more unfavorably toward…
