Pope Francis has maintained remarkably high public approval ratings in the United States throughout his papacy. But many warned during the months leading up to his American visit in late September that his continued focus on controversial policy issues might cause those support levels to plunge from their rather celestial […] Read more »
Which Political Party Is In the Mainstream?
Primary battles take place on the edges of the electorate, but general elections are decided in the middle – in the political mainstream. So on a list of important issues which party is in the mainstream? It depends on your point of view, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street […] Read more »
Doubt about the existence of warming drops, but other forms of skepticism persist
With NASA reporting that 2015 is on track to be the hottest year on record for Earth and as parts of the Western United States are gripped by extreme drought, Americans are less likely than at any time since 2008 to say there is not solid evidence of global warming. […] Read more »
Voters to GOP: ‘I’m not a scientist’ won’t cut it on climate change
If the Republican Party wants to win the White House in 2016, it should take climate change seriously. … In a poll conducted this spring by me and my colleagues at Yale and George Mason universities, 70% of Americans support placing strict limits on carbon dioxide emissions at existing coal-fired […] Read more »
Californians Open To Sacrifice When It Comes To Addressing The Drought
As California copes with its four-year drought, a new Hoover Institution survey shows that the Golden State’s electorate is amenable—across ideological and regional divides–to continued water conservation and sharing groundwater resources with neighboring communities. … The Hoover Institution’s Golden State Poll, administered by the survey research firm YouGov and designed […] Read more »
The big issues dividing the Republican Party (in 3 graphs)
The Republican primary debates have been emphasizing foreign policy, and for good reason. According to the 2015 Chicago Council Survey of the American public released last week, Republicans are more likely than Democrats to see a dangerous world and to prioritize maintaining U.S. military superiority and using force to achieve […] Read more »