Stand or Kneel?

A new Grinnell College National Poll shows that feelings about what professional football players do, or don’t do, during the playing of the national anthem are as intense as all the news coverage suggests. The poll, conducted less than one week before this season’s National Football League kickoff on Thursday, […] Read more »

NBC/WSJ poll: Majority say kneeling during anthem ‘not appropriate’

A majority of voters say that it is not appropriate for NFL players to kneel during the national anthem to protest racial inequality in the United States, although the country is deeply divided on the question along partisan and racial lines, a poll released Friday from NBC News and The […] Read more »

One in Three Americans Have Felt Urge to Protest

A little over a third of Americans, 36%, say they have “ever felt the urge to organize or participate in a public demonstration about something.” But the rate is much higher among Democrats and self-described liberals, college graduates, and women than their counterparts. CONT. RJ Reinhart, Gallup Read more »

A new poll shows 5 big challenges facing the Republicans in November

With the midterm election less than three months away, there is considerable agreement among forecasters on the Democrats’ chances of regaining a House majority: 73 percent (538), 70 percent (The Economist), 67 percent (PredictIt), 67 percent (Good Judgment) and 64 percent (Predictwise). Now, a new GW Politics Poll provides a […] Read more »

As Midterms Near, Democrats Are More Politically Active Than Republicans

Across a range of political activities – from attending political rallies to donating to campaigns – voters who back Democratic candidates for Congress are reporting higher levels of political activity than GOP voters. But both sets of voters share a view that the upcoming election is important: About three-quarters in […] Read more »

Young women: Age group of women most unhappy with Trump presidency

Women ages 18-35 feel the country is headed in the wrong direction, hold the most negative views of the Donald Trump’s presidency of any age group of women, and most believe his policies have had an adverse effect on women. More want to see Democrats take control of Congress than […] Read more »