On the anniversary of the Sandy Hook mass shooting, divisions over guns in America run deeper than policy differences. To most gun owners, guns are “part of what makes America great” (53 percent). They also say guns make America “free” (61 percent) “strong” (55 percent) and safe (59 percent). For […] Read more »
On Gender Differences, No Consensus on Nature vs. Nurture
Twenty-five years after the release of the bestseller “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus,” the debate over how and why men and women are different and what that means for their roles in society is far from settled. A new Pew Research Center survey finds that majorities of […] Read more »
Politico-Harvard poll: Democrats and Republicans still fixated on health care
Congress may have moved on from health care. The public has not. With taxes and spending, debt and defense piled up on Congress’ extremely full plate this month, a new poll by POLITICO and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health shows that Americans remain sharply focused on health […] Read more »
Ahead of House Tax Reform Vote, Americans are More Likely to Rank Children’s Health Care, Hurricane Relief and Other Issues as Top Priorities for Washington
As the House prepares to vote Thursday on its tax reform bill, a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds almost three in 10 Americans (28%) view tax reform as a top priority for President Trump and Congress. That’s significantly fewer than the share that say the same about reauthorizing funding […] Read more »
Gallup Vault: Teen Brides Acceptable to 22% in U.S. in 1937
How old should a girl have to be to legally marry with her parents’ consent? Gallup posed this question to Americans in one of its earliest polls, in 1937. CONT. Lydia Saad, Gallup Read more »
Cybercrime Tops Americans’ Crime Worries
Americans worry far more about becoming the victims of cybercrime than the victims of conventional crimes, with two-thirds of U.S. adults worrying at least occasionally about computer hackers stealing their personal information (67%) and having their identity stolen (66%). CONT. RJ Reinhart, Gallup Read more »