… If there’s a new “silent majority” in the nation, they are not tea party activists or Millennials feeling the “Bern.” They are the tens of millions of Americans who are not angry, but remaining silent. In Iowa this year — despite all the buildup, the TV commercials and the […] Read more »
State of the First Amendment Survey
The State of the First Amendment survey, conducted by the Newseum Institute’s First Amendment Center, tests Americans’ knowledge of their core freedoms and samples their opinions on First Amendment issues of the day. The results of this year’s survey show most Americans favor free speech, even over speech that offends, […] Read more »
Nonviolence, Violence and Voting: The Effects of the 1960s Black Protest Movements on White Attitudes and Voting Behavior
Between 1963 and 1967, American public opinion and policy on issues of race whipsawed from a spike in concern about civil rights to a widespread call for “law and order.” Current scholarship points to the role of elite actors and feelings of group threat but these factors cannot adequately explain […] Read more »
Americans’ Identification as ‘Environmentalists’ Down to 42%
As Americans observe Earth Day, Gallup finds 42% of Americans identifying themselves as environmentalists, down from an average of 76% in the late 1980s and early 1990s. CONT. Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »
It will take a miracle for Bernie Sanders to beat Hillary Clinton. And that’s OK
Bernie Sanders can still win the Democratic presidential nomination — but it’s going to take a miracle. Actually, several miracles. … And that’s OK. This is a case where coming close will still count for something. From the beginning of his improbable run, Sanders has had two goals in mind. […] Read more »
The Power of C.E.O. Activism
… There is a long history of corporations’ wielding influence on public policy through lobbying, but C.E.O. activism is newer and less understood. Because there has been little, if any, research on it, we recently conducted an experiment about its impact. Our findings, reported in a working paper released last […] Read more »