Is There a Health Care Vote? More for Democrats and Women than Other Groups

Health care is one of many issues that will be important for voters in the presidential election, particularly for Democrats and women, finds the March Kaiser Health Tracking Poll. More than a third (36%) of voters consider health care “extremely important” to their vote in this year’s presidential election, ranking […] Read more »

The NRA and Planned Parenthood are the most popular political entities. Which says it all.

The ostensible reason that the National Rifle Association and Planned Parenthood occupy the center of our current political discussion are that they are related, directly or indirectly, to recent news events. … A more powerful reason might be that we’re in the midst of a surprisingly heated presidential race, in […] Read more »

Support for Planned Parenthood is down, but support for its federal funding is not

Planned Parenthood was once extremely popular. In 1989, A Gallup poll found that 82 percent Americans who had heard of the group viewed it in a favorable light, while only 11 percent viewed it unfavorably. In polling terms, that’s basically a consensus. But those days are long gone, and the […] Read more »