Republicans are three times more likely than Democrats to dislike their own political candidates, the latest indication of an intra-party power struggle that will play out in primary elections next year. Forty-one percent of Republicans say they are unsatisfied with the party’s choices for president and Congress, while 14 percent […] Read more »
Online Holiday Shopping Rises, Still Trails Other Venues
As the Christmas shopping season gets underway in earnest this Friday, for the first time, a majority of Americans, 53%, say they are very or somewhat likely to do their Christmas shopping online this year. This is the highest percentage since Gallup first asked the question in 1998. Meanwhile, the […] Read more »
Penalties for Mortgage Bond Flaws Seen OK With Investors in Poll
Penalties against some of the biggest banks for actions such as selling shoddy mortgage bonds and rigging interest rates were deemed too high by 28 percent of respondents to a Bloomberg Global Poll, while a majority said they were about right or too low. CONT. Dawn Kopecki, Bloomberg Read more »
Survey Analysis Contradicts Common Climate Perceptions
It’s easy to assume people in “red” and “blue” states have very different ideologies regarding climate change. An analysis of surveys measuring Americans’ opinions about global warming-related issues tells a different story. Jon Krosnick, a senior fellow with the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, presented the findings this morning […] Read more »
Twitter faces skeptical investors, users ahead of IPO
Twitter faces skepticism from potential investors and the broader public ahead of its initial public offering, according to an Associated Press-CNBC poll released Monday. CONT. Barbara Ortutay, AP Read more »
The Information-Gathering Paradox
… The Internet industry, having nudged consumers to share heaps of information about themselves, has built a trove of personal data for government agencies to mine — erecting, perhaps unintentionally, what Alessandro Acquisti, a Carnegie Mellon University behavioral economist, calls “the de facto infrastructure of surveillance.” Nearly five months after […] Read more »