Trump’s net approval is below what any past president since Harry Truman had at this point in their term.
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Two 19th-century elections are a reminder that a sizable midterm shift, like the one expected in November, can signal long-lasting changes in American politics that set the country in a new direction.
Recent polling shows if the disruption caused by the Trump administration’s war with Iran continues, Democrats will likely gain control of Congress.
The US president has pledged to pay all American adults US$5,000 if the Republican Party wins the midterm elections in November.
Ideas from QAnon’s conspiracy theory have appeared on government social media sites during Trump’s second term and continue to divide America amid social and economic crises.
Trump defies all we thought we knew about the US political system and the way electoral democracies work around the world.
The US president often provides meandering non-answers and strange speeches, but news reports omit the weirdness. Does it matter?
To manipulate voter perception, political action committees are adopting names that signal the opposite political goals from what those groups intend. And research shows the strategy is working.
Trump’s latest executive order is set to lead to delayed vaccinations, falling coverage and a resurgence of diseases once brought under control.
The US president’s approval rating is well below other past presidents at this point in their terms.
The White House’s controversial Aliens.gov portal dehumanises undocumented non-US citizens by blurring the boundaries between the term “illegal aliens”, or unauthorised residents, and extraterrestrials.
Conspiracy theories don’t just explain events – they identify villains, and Fauci is among the most popular.
Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s excellent book Regime Change reveals the depth and consequences of Donald Trump’s obsession with fame and power.
More Americans now hold absolutist positions, supporting legal access to abortion in all or most cases and opposing government regulation altogether.
This account of the first year of Donald Trump’s second presidency is full of direct quotes from White House insiders.
‘End-time’ leaders are muscling their way into the top tiers of government and business.
While discord exists over the meaning of the 250th anniversary, Americans strongly believe there is more that unites the country than divides it.
The concept of ‘Cultural Marxism’, which can be traced back to the 1930s, has become a staple of contemporary right-wing discourse.
Americans have long argued over the revolution’s lessons and legacy.
Trump is not the first president to lean into an exaggerated patriotism at a time of crisis. But the vanity of his actions signals something perhaps unique.
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in American Politics, University College Cork
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
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Assistant Professor, Miller Center, University of Virginia, and US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor of American Studies, University College Dublin
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Professor in U.S. Politics and U.S. Foreign Relations, United States Studies Centre,, University of Sydney
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