Americans’ policy priorities for this year are dominated by health care and immigration. Over the past year, immigration has risen to the top of the public’s agenda, equal to health care. Despite the Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives in November, Republicans continue to be more positive about the […] Read more »
Despite what Trump says, most Americans want climate action — even if China doesn’t do its part
At December’s U.N. conference on climate change (COP24), Trump administration officials defended fossil fuels and argued that economic growth was more important than a sustainable environment. The move reinforced the president’s 2017 decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris agreement, which he has criticized as unfair for requiring […] Read more »
85% of Republicans Reject That Climate Change Is a Serious Problem That Requires Action
The United States remains the only developed democracy where The Climate Change Debate is primarily over whether climate change is real. Most places, the debate is over what to do about it. But not in the World’s Greatest Democracy, where one of the two major political parties our system allows […] Read more »
Consensus emerges in climate change debate
The climate change debate has been a part of politics in Washington for decades now, but polling from 2018 shows that there may be a consensus emerging from the American public. A range of surveys show more people believe it is happening and more people believe humans are responsible. If […] Read more »
More Republicans Than You Think Support Action on Climate Change
Democrats and Republicans have clashed fiercely on many issues — the Mueller investigation, immigration, gun control — but can the two parties come together on climate change, the biggest issue of all? Most analysts say no. After all, since President Trump took office, the terms “global warming” and “climate change” […] Read more »
Americans can agree that the nation is divided. Beyond that, they don’t agree on much.
With a new divided government about to take charge in Washington, Americans agree that the nation is more divided — and not on much else. In a USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll, Republicans voters worry that newly empowered congressional Democrats will go too far in investigating Trump and his administration. Democrats […] Read more »