After a series of key setbacks for their side on affirmative action, gay weddings and student loan debt forgiveness, Democrats are again railing against the Supreme Court. They have lumped the decisions in with perhaps the court’s most unpopular and consequential adverse ruling in recent times: the overturning of Roe […] Read more »
CBS News poll finds most say Roe’s overturn has been bad for country, half say abortion has been more restricted than expected
How do people feel about what’s happened in the year since the landmark abortion law Roe v. Wade was overturned? When Roe v. Wade was struck down a year ago, most Americans disapproved, and today, most feel that decision turned out to be a bad thing for the country generally, […] Read more »
Most Say Fundamental Rights Under Threat
Most Americans are worried that their fundamental freedoms could be at risk according to the Monmouth University Poll. While both Republicans and Democrats express this concern, the rights they focus on are very different. Only 4 in 10 Americans feel our system of government is basically sound and few have […] Read more »
How polls can mislead about polarization
By definition, a political pollster is not a “normal” or “average” person. Political pollsters, like most political creatures, are usually deeply embedded in the divisive partisan atmosphere. We take in all the information, and then we try to design questions to probe the “normal” people about this atmosphere, of which […] Read more »
Most Americans want societal change but are divided on specifics, poll shows
For the past few years, the culture wars have been a dominant force in American politics. The debate over what kind of country the United States should become and how fast it should change have been themes at the national and state level. Now, a new poll from NBC News […] Read more »
‘A country on fire’: New poll finds America polarized over culture, race and ‘woke’
The country’s cultural divides and political divides have become one and the same, according to a new national NBC News poll. The poll finds stark partisan differences on major cultural issues — racism, accepting LGBTQ people, the term “woke,” and even the fundamental goals of American society. Half of Americans […] Read more »