… 9/11 and its aftermath were life-changing for the majority of adults today. Will its imprint be as strong for subsequent generations? Probably not with the same immediacy, though its genetic material is everywhere. Below I detail the some of the most striking points from our recent survey on the […] Read more »
Support For Resettling Afghan Refugees In The U.S. Is Broad — But Has Limits
Across the political spectrum, a broad majority of Americans say they favor welcoming Afghan allies to the U.S. — driven in part by an outpouring of support from groups that generally favor tougher restrictions on immigration. More than seven out of 10 Americans support resettling Afghans who worked with the […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Two-thirds think 9/11 permanently changed life in U.S.
As the twentieth anniversary of September 11 approaches, a Fox News Poll conducted before the recent events in Afghanistan finds that two-thirds (64 percent) of registered voters think the 2001 terrorist attacks permanently changed the way we live in the United States. A quarter of respondents say the attacks caused […] Read more »
Biden’s awful August threatens to undermine his presidency
President Biden’s chaotic exit from Afghanistan won’t be the top issue for voters when the midterms arrive next year. But the parade of horribles that have resulted from his decisions—the death of 13 military service members from an ISIS suicide bomb, the Taliban and other terrorist groups celebrating American weakness, […] Read more »
Afghanistan won’t doom Democrats in 2022. But it has left a wound.
Afghanistan is a political disaster for the Biden administration. Americans have long wanted the war to end, but they also believe Biden botched the withdrawal: 71 percent of Americans rate his handling of Afghanistan as “only fair” or “poor” while just 27 percent say his performance is “excellent” or “good.” […] Read more »
Opposition to U.S. Government Surveillance Grows
Americans have been consistently opposed to warrantless surveillance of phone calls and emails of American citizens for monitoring threats against the United States, but opposition to such surveillance outside of the country has increased over the past 10 years. Twenty years after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, less […] Read more »