We have just about 4.5 months to go until the November elections. It’s a good time to take a deep breath and see where things stand. The short answer is that it’s tied. When you add the minor candidates in the race the story is about the same with Trump leading by approx. 2%. But…
We’ve done another survey of almost 1,200 likely voters with a good margin of error of 2.9% on the subject of hyper polarization. We wanted to know who Americans think represents their values, and more importantly is there any consensus. We asked about organizations, people (including moms) and institutions. The results might give us a…
Yesterday former President Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts. We’re not legal experts but we want to share some thoughts on what it means for the race and the court of public opinion. In the short term, whenever there have been legal controversies, Trump has been able to project a sense of being…
We’ve just completed a national poll regarding a Black Swan event happening in 2024 so let’s talk about what this type of could be and how the American voters are responding to it. So a black swan event is something that could turn the world upside down, and is really unexpected. But in this cycle…
As everyone else has suggested – Tuesday was a big night for Democrats nationwide with wins in Kentucky as well as the constitutional amendments on abortion rights and the pickups in the Virginia Statehouse. What emerged is that the right to choose is still an issue that has gotten voters out and they have won…
We’ve just seen a late challenge to Joe Biden from Minnesota Democrat Dean Phillips. In his long-shot bid, he has stressed that 2024 should not be about the past, but about the future – passing the torch to a younger generation of leaders. Today let’s focus on some numbers and how the economic indicators may…
Today we have some new polling we want to share with you but it’s important to acknowledge the dire situation in Israel and Gaza and our hearts go out those in the region. With that said, we have some new polling from American Values 2024, a Super PAC that supports Robert F. Kennedy Junior, regarding…
Today on the podcast we’re excited to welcome a very special guest, Jim Lichtman – author of the new book “Trust and Confidence: Inside the battle between the secret service and Ken Starr.” Jim has been writing and speaking on ethics to corporations, associations and organizations since 1995. Feature stories and appearances include USA TODAY,…
Let’s begin by talking about what some of the latest polls after the first GOP Primary debate. Now that the dust has settled, what can we learn? When we look at polls like these, and there are many of them – what is actually meaningful and what doesn’t really matter? How can we understand what’s…
On the one hand, when Trump became President, he never received a ‘honeymoon’ period. But on the other hand, he was unique in cultivating his own troubles. Was Congress right to spend so much of its time investigating that administration? A larger question is perhaps, how many Americans feel that there are guilty parties across…