As President Biden inches toward an announcement on federal student loan forgiveness, a new NPR/Ipsos poll has found slightly more than half of Americans support what has been reported to be Biden’s likeliest path: forgiving up to $10,000 per person. But an overwhelming majority – including a majority of those […] Read more »
Biden disapproval hits new high as more Americans say they would vote for Trump
As inflation keeps rising and recession fears loom, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that Joe Biden is currently in the worst shape of his presidency. The survey of 1,541 U.S. adults, which was conducted from June 10-13, found that if another presidential election were held today, more registered voters […] Read more »
What the Polls Can (And Can’t) Tell Us
For the last couple of years, I’ve stressed that when it comes to campaign polling, it’s more important to focus on the vote share each candidate is getting than it is to obsess about the margin that separates the two candidates. The fact that a candidate is ‘ahead’ of another […] Read more »
New York State: 76% Say New Law Requiring Permit to Get Semi-Automatic Weapons Will be Good for the State
By 76-14%, voters say a new law requiring a permit to get a semi-automatic rifle – including being at least 21, passing a background check and taking a safety course – will be good for New York. By a similar 79-15% margin, voters want to see the Supreme Court uphold […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Six in ten favor U.S. continuing to provide aid to Ukraine
Voters want to keep helping Ukraine fight Russia, even as their sense of the war’s relevancy declines, according to a new Fox News survey. Six in ten favor the United States continuing to provide weapons (61%) and financial aid (59%) to Ukraine. That’s unchanged since March when a similar number […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Record-high negative views of Biden
Fifty-seven percent view Biden negatively, while 42% view him positively. … Former President Trump is also underwater, with a 44% favorable rating compared to 55% unfavorable. … Biden’s job performance also suffers on all issues tested: more disapprove than approve of the job he’s doing by 48 points on inflation, […] Read more »