Tennesseans Back Pro-Democracy Measures to Check Power of President and Nearly 4 in 10 Say They Would Definitely Oppose a Candidate Who Voted Against Election Certification After January 6th
June 7, 2022 Tennesseans Back Pro-Democracy Measures to Check Power of President and Nearly 4 in 10 Say They Would Definitely Oppose a Candidate Who Voted Against Election Certification After January 6th January 6 Committee Hearing and Poll Results Will Be Focus of Second Conversation on Democracy with Conservative Commentator Bill Kristol, Live in Chattanooga…
Read MoreTennesseans Divided on Key Democracy Topics Including 2020 Election Results and Whether January 6th was an Insurrection
Tennesseans Divided on Key Democracy Topics Including 2020 Election Results and Whether January 6th was an Insurrection Former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman and Ambassador Norm Eisen (ret.) to Speak at First Ever Tennessee Democracy Forum Conversation on Democracy with Discussion Highlighting New Polling CHATTANOOGA, TN., May 18, 2022 – According to a poll conducted…
Read MoreFirst Annual Tennessee Democracy Forum Poll Finds More than Two-Thirds of Tennessee Voters Oppose Book Banning
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 11, 2022 at 1 PM ET | 12 PM CT Opposition Strong Across Gender and Geography and 2020 Trump Voters Split; Majority Say Teacher Salaries are Too Low Just two weeks after Tennessee legislators voted to give an appointed commission power to effectively issue blanket bans of challenged books, a…
Read MoreMost Tennesseans oppose book banning, despite recent laws, new poll finds
HOME REGISTER FOR CONVERSATIONS ON DEMOCRACY LEARN MORE Poll: 68% of Tennesseans oppose book banning May 11, 2022 | by Meghan Mangrum, Tennessean Most Tennesseans are opposed to banning books, despite lawmakers’ recent efforts to restrict what is available in school libraries, a new poll finds. The poll, conducted in April, surveyed 1,125 registered voters in Tennessee…
Read MoreBill Kristol Among Guests Slated to Discuss Democracy at UTC Forums
March 30, 2022 | by Staff Report Bill Kristol, a neoconservative author, former chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle and avid “Never Trumper,” will appear at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on June 13 as one of a half dozen “Conversations on Democracy” being organized by the Tennessee Democracy Forum. Each of…
Read MoreTennessee Democracy Forum Launches “Conversations on Democracy”
HomeAbout Us Board News Coverage & ReleasesEventsDonatePolling 2024 Annual Poll 2023 Annual Poll 2022 Annual Poll Tennessee Democracy Forum Launches “Conversations on Democracy” March 30, 2022 Bill Kristol, Former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman, Bob Shrum, Scholars and Practitioners Lead Bipartisan Roster of Speakers Focused on Building Pro-Democracy Movement in Tennessee Chattanooga,…
Read MoreEichenthal: Accountability first, but also repair, vital for future of US
January 17, 2021 | by David Eichenthal For the last year, the inability to mount an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been the worst public policy failure of my lifetime, needlessly costing the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans and putting our economic security at risk. And, in the last two weeks,…
Read MoreA Surprising Potential Swing Vote: Pro-Democracy Republicans
By David Eichenthal | July 19, 2021 I ultimately decided against running for Congress in a red district. But my research found a way for Democrats to make inroads in such places. Political pundits seem united in their belief that Democrats will struggle to hold the House of Representatives in 2022. The historical precedent that the party out…
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