As the first 100 days of the administration nears, 32% of 18 to 29 year old Americans approve of President Donald Trump’s job performance overall, according to a new national poll by Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics (IOP). CONT. Institute of Politics, Harvard Read more »
Racially biased people are far more likely to oppose black athletes’ protests. Here’s the evidence.
Last year, Colin Kaepernick, then the quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, was heavily criticized for kneeling instead of standing during the national anthem. The protest was on behalf of the Black Lives Matter movement. … Decades of research on public opinion has found that negative racial attitudes are strongly […] Read more »
Can the G.O.P. Turn Back the Tide of Town Hall Anger?
Republican members of Congress have a haunted look about them. Ordinarily, this is the time of year when they are in the best mood — the April recess is here, meaning a few friendly, sparsely attended town hall meetings, and then home early for family dinner. Not this year. Many […] Read more »
Environmental Activists Put Their Beliefs Into Action
A solid majority of Americans (62%) support environmentalism through actions or sympathetic feelings toward the cause, but fewer than one in five (17%) consider themselves environmental activists. These self-identified activists differ in both attitudes and actions from those who are sympathetic but not active. CONT. Jim Norman, Gallup Read more »
Americans Mixed on How Environment Shapes Business Practices
A majority of Americans say they have intentionally bought a product because they thought it was better for the environment than the alternatives. Yet when it comes to other ways to “help” the environment, including contacting a business to complain about harmful business practices and buying stocks or bonds based […] Read more »
Conservative Bias in Perceptions of Public Opinion Among American Political Elites
The conservative asymmetry of elite polarization and the right-skewed “democratic deficit”—wherein policy is more conservative than majorities prefer on average—represent significant puzzles. We argue that such breakdowns in aggregate representation can arise because politicians systematically misperceive constituency opinion. We demonstrate this argument in US states, where conservative citizens are more […] Read more »