President John F. Kennedy with his nephew, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr — The White House, c.1962 The single greatest risk to our electoral process is neither manipulation of the polls nor attacks undermining results; it is a press corps that covers candidates with a predetermined bias. The treatment of Robert […]
POLL: 84% of Voters Say Keep Politics out of the Super Bowl LVII
Overwhelming Majority Says Political and Cultural Statements Not Welcome During Game’s Coverage, only 10% Disagree (Austin, TX—February 07, 2023) Convention of States Action, in partnership with The Trafalgar Group—one of America’s most accurate pollsters in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2021—is releasing the results of a new national survey. Results were […]
Poll: Majority of Voters Say Republicans Need New Leadership in Congress
Results of 2022 Midterms Creating Doubts Amongst Voters of Republican Leaders’ Effectiveness Austin, TX—November 22, 2022) Convention of States Action, in partnership with The Trafalgar Group—one of America’s most accurate pollsters in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2021—is releasing the results of a new national survey. Results were from surveys conducted […]
Live Updates: Pelosi Expected to Announce Her Plans After G.O.P. Gains House Control
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has led the House Democrats for two decades, is expected to address her plans in the next Congress after Republicans captured the 218 House seats required to take a narrow majority. Continue Reading for Live Updates
Poll: Majority Believe that if Democrats Win the Midterm Elections, It’s Bad News for an Already Flagging Economy
(Austin, TX—October 24, 2022) Convention of States Action, in partnership with The Trafalgar Group—one of America’s most accurate pollsters in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2021—is releasing the results of a new national survey. Results were from surveys conducted October 8th through October 11th of over 1,000 likely 2022 election voters. […]
Nearly 70% Say Skyrocketing Food Prices Motivating Them to Vote In Midterms
(Austin, TX—October 3, 2022) Convention of States Action, in partnership with The Trafalgar Group—one of America’s most accurate pollsters in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2021—is releasing the results of a new national survey. Results were from surveys conducted September 17th through September 20th of over 1,000 likely 2022 election voters. […]
Nearly 90% of Americans Want Companies Out of Politics and Culture Wars
Nearly 90% of Americans Want Companies Out of Politics and Culture Wars New Poll Shows Growing Risk for Companies Going “Woke” or Political (Austin, TX—May 16, 2022) Convention of States Action, in partnership with The Trafalgar Group—one of America’s most accurate pollsters in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2021—is releasing the […]
Nearly 70% Now Say They’re Less Likely to Do Business with Disney, and Will Support Family-Friendly Alternatives
(Austin, TX—April 12, 2022) Convention of States Action, in partnership with The Trafalgar Group—one of America’s most accurate pollsters in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2021—is releasing the results of a new national survey. Results were from surveys conducted April 5th through April 8th of over 1,000 likely 2022 election voters. […]
Opinion—UPDATE: Trump, Trade, US Manufacturing and the Virus
This piece was originally published by Daily Clout in December 2019 and is republished here with additional information from the author, Ron Wisner. What could possibly go wrong from policies promoting the exportation of the bulk of our supply chain, including drug manufacturing, to a third-world country? Suppose there were […]
Opinion—”Does Germany’s Industrial Growth Give the Lie to Liberal Economists?”
If politicians wonder about income disparity in the US, they need look no farther than the loss of manufacturing in this country. There are two major campaign promises that President Trump is fulfilling, both of which have come to a head this week. They are directly and problematically related to […]
Opinion—”Why Everyone should Read the Book “A Warning”
I just finished reading Anonymous’ A Warning. Read it. A Warning is of course the book written by an unnamed high official in the Trump Administration. Anonymous, as she or he goes by, wrote an editorial in the New York Times on September 5, 2018, “I Am Part Of The […]
Opinion— “Imagined Slights”
There is a major, perhaps intractable problem with combating the hatred and ignorance rampant in U.S. society and politics today. Recently I found a way to verbalize it. In early 2009 I found myself spending a good deal of time in close quarters for work with a fellow who always […]