By Manzanita Miller    Republicans are facing several headwinds leading into the 2026 election cycle. They are members of the incumbent party in a midterm cycle tasked with defending their positions in the House and Senate, and President Trump’s approval rating is still underwater, though he did […]

By Manzanita Miller   Two weeks into President Donald Trump’s decision to launch an attack against Iran to end its pursuit of nuclear weapons, polls show President Trump’s approval rating ticking up among voters as the rally around the flag effect kicks in. His latest net approval rating is up 2.2 points since Feb. […]

By Manzanita Miller President Donald Trump’s approval rating, which was tempered during the first year of his second term due to a slowly thawing economic mood, is beginning to rise since his State of the Union speech and decision to launch air and naval strikes against Iran […]

By Manzanita Miller    While the recent conflict between the U.S. and Iran is front and center in early March and will no doubt have a massive impact on the midterm election cycle, domestic issues must continue to be addressed, and President Donald Trump is doing exactly […]

By Manzanita Miller The way the public views the war with Iran is complex and rapidly evolving, but a March 3 CBS News-YouGov poll shows a full 76 percent of Americans support military action against Iran if the conflict lasts days or weeks, a huge boost of support […]

By Manzanita Miller A CNN/SSRS poll of state of the union (SOTU) viewers conducted Feb. 24 after President Donald Trump’s speech shows largely positive ratings from viewers. SOTU viewers overall gave President Donald Trump positive marks on his agenda for the country, the economy, immigration, and handling foreign policy and the U.S. military, according to the […]

By Manzanita Miller   President Donald Trump has had his share of recent setbacks in terms of his approval rating, with the latest Real Clear Polling average placing him underwater by 13.4 percentage points. President Trump has also lost support from Black voters over the past month, […]

By Manzanita Miller While Democrats are holding a 4.6-point lead in the generic congressional ballot — largely due to the fact that the breakeven point for when most Americans will feel an easing of inflation won’t be until late-2026 — there are signs voters aren’t happy with the […]

By Manzanita Miller The rise in independent voters and what that could mean for both parties is something Americans for Limited Government Foundation has covered in detail, but the New York Times survey from Jan. 12-17 paints these shifts starkly when comparing to a Times survey released two weeks before the 2024 presidential […]

By Manzanita Miller Thanks to President Donald Trump’s commitment to securing the U.S.-Mexico border and finding and deporting illegal aliens form the United States, the southern border is more secure than it has ever been, and homicides are on track to reach the lowest number on record […]

By Manzanita Miller   The Trump Administration announced Wednesday it is reducing the number of immigration officers deployed to the “sanctuary city” of Minnesota after city officials finally agreed to cooperate with the federal government and hand over criminals who are already in custody. Working with Immigration […]

By Manzanita Miller The latest New York Times survey shows Republicans hanging on to their gains with minority and young voters compared to the past two midterm cycles and on track to win an historic 19 percent of black voters in November, but there are still warning signs Republicans need to consider ahead of […]

By Manzanita Miller California’s Democrat governor Gavin Newsom, who earned criticism from California voters due to his Covid-19 lockdowns, is term-limited and ineligible to run again in 2026 leaving the field wide open for new leadership. At least eight Democrats are vying to replace Newsom, but because […]

By Manzanita Miller New polling from the New York Times has been circulating that shows Democrats ahead in the generic congressional ballot, and the poll has been used to claim that the Trump coalition of young, minority, and swing voters that have been moving toward the right for […]

By Manzanita Miller Independent identity among Americans has reached a new high, with a full 45 percent of U.S. adults identifying as independent heading into the 2026 midterm cycle according to a new Gallup survey. That number is the highest on record since Gallup began surveying voters […]