Immigration, Public Opinion and Congress

The bipartisan, bicameral congressional committee has announced a tentative spending agreement that, if passed by both the House and Senate and signed by President Donald Trump by Friday, will avert a second partial government shutdown. The committee of 17 senators and other members of Congress no doubt considered many factors […] Read more »

Across Most of the Americas, National Pride Is High and Stable, While It Has Plummeted in the U.S.

Gallup’s 2018 poll reports that the United States has a record-low proportion of citizens very proud to be American. Is declining national pride a region-wide trend? How does national pride vary across countries, years, and individuals, in the Americas? This Insights report shows that national pride is high in most […] Read more »

Assessing and Improving Interview Quality in the 2016/17 AmericasBarometer

Recent methodological advances have enabled researchers to identify likely data falsification and fabrication in survey datasets (e.g., Kuriakose and Robbins 2016). However, survey researchers have historically been unable to identify and stop data fabrication from occurring in real-time, or to provide additional support and training to interviewers who need it […] Read more »

Global Publics More Upbeat About the Economy

Nearly a decade after the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, economic spirits are reviving. Many Europeans, Japanese and Americans feel better today about their economies than they did before the financial crisis. More broadly, in 11 of 18 countries from across the globe that were surveyed in both […] Read more »