With the first full week of hearings for the House select committee’s investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol now complete, nearly 6 in 10 Americans believe former President Donald Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in the incident, a new ABC News/Ipsos […] Read more »
Oil production isn’t the only gas price spike culprit
As summer travel season begins and gas prices are spiking, Americans are not happy and many are looking to Washington for help. But consumers hoping for a quick fix may be in for a rude awakening. Bringing gas prices down in 2022 is not simply a matter of “opening the […] Read more »
Do Americans know who their diplomats are? Or what they do?
… An interest in understanding Americans’ views on American diplomacy and diplomats – how they are selected and trained, what it is that they do – formed the basis of a new report, undertaken with the support of the Una Chapman Cox Foundation and conducted by the nonprofit RAND Corporation. […] Read more »
How Elites Misread Public Opinion
… As the political scientists Joshua Kertzer and Jonathan Renshon detail in a new paper in the Annual Review of Political Science, the rise of populist movements has coincided with a rise in the use of “elite experiments” — or randomized studies using elite subjects — in academia as a […] Read more »
Biden’s Economic Woes
This has been a transitory year, from the pandemic to inflation, and now possibly to recession. The Fed just raised interest rates by 0.75% in hopes of stemming inflation. Will it work? Or will it kick start an economic dip? We will see. But negative economic indicators are all around […] Read more »
Untangling Americans’ Complex Views of Morality
Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey provides a fascinating glimpse into the American public’s views of issues that can be classified under the broad rubric of morality. The survey, conducted each May since 2001, probes Americans’ views about a series of specific issues and behaviors — ranging from cloning humans […] Read more »