For two and a half decades, from the 1970s to the mid-1990s, every year, a rapidly growing number of Americans began to think that women could bust out of their traditional homemaker roles, take on more public roles and work outside the home and their kids and family wouldn’t suffer […] Read more »
Winning Women: What Republicans Can Do in 2014
In our on-going effort to better understand key electoral sub-groups, Public Opinion Strategies commissioned a national survey of women voters on May 21-30, 2014. The survey was designed to provide a perspective on how the Republican Party and its candidates can productively move to engage women voters on issues they […] Read more »
‘Mischievous Responders’ Confound Research On Teens
Teenagers face some serious issues: drugs, bullying, sexual violence, depression, gangs. They don’t always like to talk about these things with adults. One way that researchers and educators can get around that is to give teens a survey — a simple, anonymous questionnaire they can fill out by themselves without […] Read more »
What will become of America’s kids?
By nature, Americans are an optimistic lot. Despite their resolutely negative opinion of economic conditions, majorities have consistently said that next year things will get better. … Yet, the public has somewhat conflicted views about the economic prospects for the next generation. When asked about the future prospects of “children […] Read more »
Walmart Moms
We’ve been studying Walmart Moms since 2009 and have found them to be a proven swing voting bloc. They voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012, and voted decidedly Republican in 2010. But, even more interesting than moms’ swing political views are their own personal stories. How have Walmart Moms […] Read more »
When It Comes to Expanding Pre-K, Americans Are Divided by Party and Race
What policies would do the most to increase opportunity for children? The latest College Board/National Journal Next America Poll finds relatively broad consensus on what options provide the most effective points of leverage—but stubborn differences remain between Democrats and Republicans, and between whites and minorities. As the following tables show, […] Read more »