The Trump GOP’s inverted perception of crime in America - The Washington Post

"It's all about how the criminal actions are perceived. Trump keeping classified documents gets a shrug, but the specter of tattooed immigrants lying in wait in the dingy streets of New York is indelible. That the former happened and the latter is wildly overheated is neither here nor there. They are the bad guys, not us. They deserve to be cracked down on, to be constrained or punished. Not us. They are the ones we should be worried about..."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/17/trump-new-york-crime/

The economy is improving under Biden. But many voters aren’t giving him credit. - The Washington Post

Despite the statistics, the kitchen-table experience of Biden's first term has meant that many voters have experienced the last few years as a time of relative economic hardship…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/13/biden-economy-voters-unhappy/

America’s image has tumbled during Trump’s presidency. Can Biden turn it around? - The Washington Post

... Four years ago, before Trump became president, 43 percent of Germans had a positive impression of the United States as a leader in the world. Today just 6 percent approve. In the United Kingdom, 15 percent say they approve. More Russians — 18 percent — approve of American leadership internationally than Brits or Germans...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/americas-image-has-tumbled-during-trumps-presidency-can-biden-turn-it-around/2020/12/19/f16654c2-420c-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html

Trump-Biden debate stokes global perception of a United States in decline, mired in chaos - The Washington Post

The first U.S. presidential debate Tuesday night — run through with interruptions, personal insults and chaotic exchanges — has reinforced the perception in many foreign capitals that the Trump presidency has undermined U.S. democracy to an extent that it has become difficult to recognize. “The spiteful debate mirrors a country that is no longer even capable of having a dignified discussion,” read a scathing editorial published by Switzerland’s right-leaning, German-language Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper Wednesday morning.....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/09/30/trump-biden-debate-global-reaction-us-decline/

White Republicans think whites, blacks and Hispanics face about the same amount of discrimination - The Washington Post

There are certain aspects of racism on which all Americans agree. The Klan, for example. Using racial slurs to denigrate someone. Segregated drinking fountains and city buses. The sorts of marks of discrimination that are almost definitionally racist. Beyond that, opinions differ. While there are unquestionably race-based factors that disadvantage people from particular racial or ethnic groups, the extent to which members of some groups face discrimination (institutional or personal) isn’t broadly agreed upon.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/15/white-republicans-think-whites-blacks-hispanics-face-about-same-amount-discrimination/