Outside the Beltway

If you want to understand why Republicans in Congress are acting like they are, just look at the polls.

With just hours to go, the Republicans on Capitol Hill seem prepared to take a big political risk.

McAuliffe pulling away?

The GOP’s plan to defund reality becomes even more disconnected from reality.

Even before the Russian curve ball, the public opposition to military strikes on Syria was mounting.

The political polarization we saw during the Bush Presidency has continued throughout the Obama Presidency.

Americans tell pollsters that hate Congress, but they never seem to do anything about it.

Republicans aren’t happy with their leadership. The reason why is also the reason why Republicans are in trouble politically.

Another poll shows the President’s poll numbers dipping.

A new poll shows public approval for the Supreme Court nearing a all-time low.

Low voter priorities and the natural tendency of the media to move on to the next big story meant that gun control was not going to be a top political issue for long.

President Obama is losing public support in the one area where he’s generally had broad support from the public in the past.

Two polls indicate that most Americans oppose the President’s latest moves on Syria. This makes sense considering actual policy there seems to be entirely incoherent.

President Obama’s poll numbers seem to be suffering under the weight of nearly two months of scandals and/ media attention.

Public trust in the news media, along with many other institutions, continues to fall. That’s troublesome for many reasons.

Congress gets bad grades in Gallup’s latest poll, and gridlock is the main reason

A George W. Bush renaissance? Not exactly.

Revelations about the NSA’s data mining programs don’t seem to be having a significant impact on public opinion.