For the 18th year in a row, Americans rate the honesty and ethics of nurses highest among a list of professions that Gallup asks U.S. adults to assess annually. … Americans’ high regard for healthcare professionals contrasts sharply with their assessments of stockbrokers, advertising professionals, insurance salespeople, senators, members of […] Read more »
How uneven economic growth feeds political turmoil
When it comes to economic innovation, the rich are getting richer — and that’s generating increasing social frustration and political turmoil for the winners and losers alike as the digital revolution rolls through the American economy. Over the past 15 years, employment in the computer- and science-based industries at the […] Read more »
Trump Is Pushing Protectionism. But Polls Show Americans Embracing Trade.
A big part of Donald J. Trump’s political identity has centered on his promises to shake up the United States’ role in the world and reject the free-trade agreements that he has called “a disaster” for American workers. … When Mr. Trump took office, polls showed that Americans were broadly […] Read more »
America Decides: How Voters Think About the Economy, Government, and Poverty Ahead of the 2020 Election
The 2020 presidential election cycle will be one of the most consequential in U.S. history. Although electoral outcomes often turn on candidate evaluations or social and cultural choices unrelated to public policy, voters in the upcoming year will likely confront a choice between two competing visions of domestic policy that […] Read more »
Divisiveness and Collaboration in American Public Life: A Hidden Common Ground Report
This inaugural Public Agenda/USA Today/Ipsos Hidden Common Ground survey examines how Americans view divisiveness and partisan divides in public life and offers a number of solutions to build a more collaborative society, despite our social and political differences. Overall, the research shows a good deal of cross-partisan agreement on the […] Read more »
Americans Still Favor Private Healthcare System
Americans continue to prefer a healthcare system based on private insurance (54%) over a government-run healthcare system (42%). … While Americans tend not to favor government-run healthcare, they do believe the federal government has a responsibility to ensure that all Americans have healthcare coverage. CONT. Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »