Public opposition to stripping away Social Security and Medicare benefits is high, even as policymakers grapple with long-term funding for these entitlement programs. Just 6% of adults favor reducing the size of Social Security benefits while 79% oppose. Raising the age of Social Security eligibility by three years to 70 […] Read more »
Trump’s latest personal attacks on judges could further weaken people’s declining trust in American rule of law
Former President Donald Trump arrives at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse on April 4, 2023, before his arraignment. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images Paul M. Collins Jr., UMass Amherst and Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, University of North Texas When former President Donald Trump was arraigned in a Manhattan criminal court on April 4, […] Read more »
Virginia voters divided on direction of the state, Post-Schar poll finds
Virginia voters are divided on their outlook more than a year after pivoting from a Democratic state government to a Republican governor and a split legislature, with 47 percent saying the state is heading in the right direction and 42 percent saying it is on the wrong track, according to […] Read more »
Abortion, Trump and Swing Voters
Democrats are happily watching from the sidelines as the Republican Party continues to be defined by two issues that turn off swing voters: Donald Trump and abortion. The more Trump is in the news, the better for Democrats. President Biden’s job approval ratings are a less-than-robust 43%, and poll after […] Read more »
CNN Poll: One-third of Americans say Biden deserves to be reelected in 2024
Just a third of Americans say President Joe Biden deserves to be reelected, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, as a majority in his party say they would like to see someone else as the Democratic nominee for president next year. The survey fielded throughout the month […] Read more »
Americans Grow More Concerned With Drug Use, Social Security
Among 15 key problems facing the country, more Americans worry about inflation and the economy than any others, with six in 10 expressing “a great deal” of concern about these issues. Americans are about as concerned with inflation and the economy as they were a year ago, but they are […] Read more »