• Six-point decrease since last year in moral acceptability of death penalty• Birth control, drinking alcohol, divorce most morally acceptable• Largest gap between liberals and conservatives (52 points) is on abortion CONT. Megan Brenan, Gallup The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll results and insightful analysis. […] Read more »
Just Over Half of the Nation’s Workforce Have Lost a Job or Income Due to Coronavirus
With many businesses shut down and job losses mounting nationwide, just over half of the nation’s workers (55%) now say they have lost a job or had their incomes reduced as a result of the health and economic crises sparked by the novel coronavirus pandemic, the latest KFF Health Tracking […] Read more »
Substance Abuse Hits Home for Close to Half of Americans
Close to half of U.S. adults, 46%, have dealt with substance abuse problems in their family: 18% have had just alcohol problems and 10% have had just drug problems, while 18% have experienced both. CONT. Lydia Saad, Gallup Read more »
Religion and Drinking Alcohol in the U.S.
Americans who attend religious services weekly are less likely than others to drink alcohol, reflecting the centuries-old connection in American history between religion and the perceived immorality of drinking. … Using an aggregate of our last six years of asking Americans about their drinking habits, we find a basic inverse […] Read more »
Majority of Pennsylvanians support additional regulations on gun ownership
Retired steelworker Arthur Flowers of Derry Township is among thousands of Pennsylvanians who have a license to carry a concealed handgun. But he’s also among nearly two-thirds of registered voters in a recent statewide poll who said they favor some type of additional laws regulating gun ownership. A Franklin & […] Read more »
The Latest Poll Results—From 1932
… A fascinating survey conducted for the Herbert Hoover campaign in 1932 revealed Americans’ decision to throw the Republican president out in favor of Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt was not primarily based on the miserable economic conditions. “What loomed larger in 1932 was the issue of Prohibition,” writes political scientist […] Read more »