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The President's many political and policy failures have taken their toll. He is deeply unpopular, and his re-election chances next year are dim. As he and his team grow more desperate, they also appear to be growing more dangerous.
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Among the most significant political developments of the Trump era is the dramatic shift of under 45 year old voters towards the Democrats. From 2000 to 2016, D margin w/under 45s was 6 points. In 2018, it was 25.
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The global system created by Presidents FDR and Truman has done more to create opportunity, reduce poverty and advance democracy than perhaps any other policies in history.
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The more the world moves away from the simplicity of the Reagan moment the more angry and defiant the Republican offering is becoming.
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Michael Scherer of Time reports on the influence Dr. Rob Shapiro's analysis has had on shaping recent thinking about how the American economy is changing.
Features
With twenty plus announced Democratic candidates in the race as of this morning, the 2020 election is now fully underway. Election analysis...
The President’s repeated denials that Russia intervened on his behalf in 2016 have suppressed the normal societal immune response which...
This backgrounder pulls together our work looking at President Trump’s economic and trade policies.
America’s great experiment with protectionism hasn’t revived manufacturing or reduced the trade deficit, but instead has destroyed over 300...
Recent Work
On the same day that the Administration learned about the whistleblower complaint alleging felony level US election law violations by the President in the Ukraine scandal, the independent body overseeing US election law was shut down. It must re-open.
NDN hopes that the Trump administration will now forgo its announced tariffs and enter direct negotiations with the EU to reduce state subsidies to both Airbus and Boeing. Anything less can only be seen as a reckless escalation of trade tensions by President Trump
The first round of polling since the beginning of the impeachment inquiry represents very dangerous territory for the President. Larger numbers of Americans want him impeached than not, and this is before the House of Representatives conducts new impeachment hearings.
In a new Twitter thread, Simon argues that any in depth investigation into the Ukraine Affair will inevitably lead to another examination of Putin’s extraordinary influence over the American President.
Every Monday we will be updating a list of high volume pro-Trump Twitter accounts, ones we call "amplifiers." The goal - to get a sense of how many of these accounts there are out there.
New digital threats will require US political parties to start seeing themselves as front line actors in our national effort to protect our elections and discourse. Some thoughts on how the parties can re-imagine themselves to meet these challenges head on.
Updated data on growth, jobs, and investment reveals the extent of Trump’s failed promises on the economy. There is little evidence that Trump’s tax and trade policies boosted investment, and both economic and jobs growth either declined or remained constant from 2017 to 2018.
More Mad King than President, Trump's refusal to honor the laws, rules and norms which make democracies work is the greatest High Crime of all. His ill-considered, whimsical tariffs are just the latest example, and should be forcefully challenged by Congress.
