Americans overwhelmingly disagree with President Trump on just about everything from his military threats to North Korea to his combative stance toward NFL players who won’t stand for the National Anthem. But a USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll also finds an unusual disconnect: Americans are increasingly optimistic about the nation’s economy. […] Read more »
The U.S. Has Never Been So Polarized On Guns
Democrats want to take action on gun control in the wake of the mass shooting Sunday in Las Vegas, the deadliest in recent U.S. history. And as the Pew Research Center has found, there is bipartisan support for a number of gun control measures. Yet the chance of the Republican-controlled […] Read more »
The press, branded the ‘enemy’ by Trump, increasingly trusted by the public
Americans are increasingly confident in the news media and less so in President Donald Trump’s administration after a tumultuous year in U.S. politics that tested the public’s trust in both institutions, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday. The poll of more than 14,300 people found that the […] Read more »
Most Americans think Trump hasn’t done enough to fix opioid crisis
Most Americans think the opioid crisis has worsened in their communities and across the country, but few believe their own lives will be affected, according to a new poll from the PBS NewsHour and Marist Poll. … Whatever the solution, Americans don’t think the nation’s leaders are doing enough to […] Read more »
Education Split in Alabama Primary Suggests Bumpy 2018 for GOP Senate
The impact of former judge Roy Moore’s landslide win in Alabama’s Republican Senate primary extends beyond that seat or this week’s tally of political “winners and losers.” A closer look at the election results suggests the fallout may extend into 2018 and a more fundamental remaking of the Senate GOP […] Read more »
American Public Opinion: ACA and Tax Reform
The U.S. Senate this week gave up on the effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with a different federal approach to healthcare. An assessment of available public opinion data suggests, however, that this failure to repeal Obamacare will not be upsetting to the majority of Americans. […] Read more »