Photo: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, of Ky., center, Sen. John Thune, R-SD, left, and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, right, speak during a news conference on Dec. 20, 2022, on Capitol Hill President Joe Biden and top administration officials will open a new year of divided government by fanning out across the country to talk
The dust has settled on the midterm elections, and we are back to an era of divided government. Healthcare continues to take center stage as many Americans struggle to afford prescription drugs, and efforts to increase patients’ access, improve accessibility, and lower the cost of prescriptions remain unresolved. The current environment is a ripe opportunity for policymakers
Fresh off his party’s better-than-anticipated performance in the midterm elections, President Joe Biden is facing consistent but critical assessments of his leadership and the national economy. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds 43% of U.S. adults say they approve of the way Biden is handling his job as
Many pundits have speculated that the Donald Trump era is ending. It may be experiencing a low after the midterm elections, but the loyalty of his base is so deeply entrenched that Trump and his base are likely to be influential for many years to come. Examining the Trump phenomena from a behavior psychology viewpoint
Something is broken in the state of the union. Polling before and after the midterm elections showed Americans were extremely unhappy. Exit polls showed that the economy was at the forefront of many voters’ minds. As of late summer, 74 percent of Americans felt the country was moving in the wrong direction. On the day of the midterms, Joe
Voters in the midterm elections decided that the GOP would run the House, while the Democrats would run the Senate. Liu Jie/Xinhua via Getty Images Robert B. Talisse, Vanderbilt University The results from the U.S. midterm elections came as a shock to many. The sitting president’s party typically suffers significant losses in House, Senate and