Presidential approval polls reflect our partisan divisions

WARNING: Extreme wonkiness ahead. The post contains repetitive references to polling data and presidential history. It’s also kind of long. You’ve been warned. FiveThirtyEight has started their composite polling index on the popularity of President Joe Biden. Tracking started on January 23 and as of this morning, Biden has 53.4% of Americans approving of his […]

Stuck in the middle with me

Clowns to the left of meJokers to the rightHere I amStuck in the middle with you “Stuck In The Middle With You” by Gerry Rafferty & Joe Egan, performed by Stealers Wheel I’m a centrist. A fence-sitter. A negotiator and a compromiser. Under “moderate” in the dictionary there’s a nicely-etched portrait of yours truly. Nobody […]