As Trump's support among Republicans softens, DeSantis poised to capitalize

Donald Trump has a question for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. “Why won’t he just say he’s not going to run against me?” Trump has reportedly griped to his allies about …

Majority of voters want Biden admin to stop pursuing new private immigration detention contracts

New polling finds that an overwhelming number of voters oppose the Biden administration’s expansion of private immigration detention contracts. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and …

COVID-19 is still with us, but it's fading as a chief concern for Americans in 2022

New polling from AP-NORC finds the economy is far outpacing COVID-19 as the chief concern for voters heading into this year’s midterms.

Fully 68% of Americans named the economy as a problem they …

Polling shows American public largely agrees with Democrats on Jan. 6 assault

While many Republican voters continue to live in an alternative reality, this week’s polling on Jan. 6 suggests that, by and large, the American public has a pretty good handle about what unfolded on …

This week on The Brief: How Democrats can avoid a disastrous repeat of 2021 next year

This week’s episodeThe Brief focused on dissecting lessons learned from last week’s elections, Biden’s falling approval ratings, and what Democrats can do to ensure they’re prepared for 2022 …

Americans pan Supreme Court's decision to greenlight Texas abortion ban

The Supreme Court’s job approval ratings have plummeted in recent polling, and a new Monmouth University survey offers some insights into why. First off, a 54% majority of Americans disagree …

Fox News has been setting up a State Big Lie should GOP lose California recall race

More recent polling indicates that California Gov. Gavin Newsom may survive the GOP recall and block the ascendance of a know-nothing radio show host who once served as a mentor to a young Stephen …

Democrats will need to do more than simply run on accomplishments to win in 2022

This month’s Daily Kos/Civiqs survey was created with the intention of trying to pinpoint why President Joe Biden’s approval ratings are falling. While he hasn’t yet delivered on …

DeSantis is failing Florida on COVID-19. New polling shows Floridians damn well know it

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ crusade against masking and other pandemic mitigation efforts isn’t playing well for him among Floridians, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University. …

New poll shows 81% support for welcoming Afghan allies who aided U.S.

New CBS News/YouGov polling released over the weekend shows overwhelming support for evacuating Afghan translators and other allies to the United States. Overall, 81% responded affirmatively when …

Poll shows why Democrats should ignore GOP attacks and pass citizenship in reconciliation package

Immigrant rights advocacy group America’s Voice noted this week that the political arm of the House Republican caucus has been running frantic ad after frantic ad against House Democrats who voted for …

This week on The Brief: J.D. Scholten and John Ray on challenges Democrats face among rural voters

On the latest episode of The Brief, hosts Markos Moulitsas and Kerry Eleveld were joined by guests J.D. Scholten, executive director of Rural Objective PAC and Democratic nominee for Iowa’s 4th …

Just 47% of Americans say country's headed in right direction—but that's a good thing

New polling from NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist released late last week found that just 47% of Americans think the nation is headed in the right direction while 49% say it is not. On their face, the numbers …

Biden's clean-energy initiatives are total winners with the public and central to his jobs plan

Senate Democrats took an important step forward Wednesday on efforts to combat climate change, passing the Clean Energy for America Act out of the Senate Finance Committee on a party-line vote …

White Democrats, Republicans living in different worlds on the Black experience in America

When it comes to issues of race, white Democrats and white Republicans are worlds apart in their views of the country, according to a recently released Axios-Ipsos poll.

A year following the …

Biden's stellar approvals on coronavirus have become the linchpin to his success as president

New polling from AP-NORC continues to show that President Joe Biden’s handling of the coronavirus is key to his entire presidency. And so far, Americans continue to really like what they see. …