Pundits have blamed Eric Cantor’s shocking upset in the Virginia 7th District Republican primary on many things, from immigration, to the broader alienation of “establishment” Republicans from their activist, Tea Party base, to Cantor’s poor performance minding his own district. But challenger David Brat put the coddling of big banks […] Read more »
Most Want to Prioritize Improving Veterans’ Health
Improving healthcare for U.S. veterans is Americans’ top legislative priority for Washington to focus on, out of nine issues now or recently in the national spotlight. Nearly nine out of 10 Americans say it is “extremely” (41%) or “very important” (46%) that the president and Congress deal with veterans’ healthcare […] Read more »
Is the public really learning to love globalization?
Responses from our May 2014 TRIP Snap Poll of international relations (IR) scholars present an interesting contrast to public opinion on NAFTA’s effect on the U.S and Mexican economies over the past 20 years. Scholars overwhelmingly agree that NAFTA has been good for both the U.S. (79 percent) and Mexican […] Read more »
Few Consumers Trust Companies to Keep Online Info Safe
Recent incidents such as Target’s security breach, the Heartbleed bug, and eBay’s systems hack have called attention to how much consumers trust the businesses they patronize to keep their personal information safe. That trust currently appears to be hard to come by. Just 21% of Americans have “a lot of […] Read more »
Smaller Majorities in U.S. Favor Gov’t Pollution Controls
More than six in 10 Americans favor setting higher emissions and pollution standards for business and industry, and imposing mandatory controls on carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gases. The percentages favoring these actions, however, are lower than in 2007 and prior years. CONT. Frank Newport, Gallup Read more »
Poll Finds a Tie Game on Sterling Sale
Americans divide essentially evenly on whether Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling should have been forced to sell his team after being recorded making racist comments in a private conversation – possibly a moot question, but a contentious one nonetheless. CONT. Ryan Struyk, ABC News Read more »