As Barack Obama begins his final year in office, the goal of reducing the budget deficit, which the public once ranked among the most pressing objectives for his administration, has continued its recent decline in perceived importance. CONT. Pew Read more »
Dissatisfaction With U.S. Gun Laws at New High
Sixty-two percent of Americans are dissatisfied with the nation’s laws or policies on guns, the highest percentage dissatisfied since Gallup’s first Mood of the Nation poll in 2001. Dissatisfaction jumped 11 percentage points in one year. CONT. Art Swift, Gallup Read more »
Californians’ views on gun control unchanged by San Bernardino attack
The terrorist attacks in San Bernardino last month had little, if any, effect on Californians’ views on gun control, with the electorate continuing to favor stricter measures by about the same margin they’ve held for more than a decade, according to a new poll. CONT. David Siders, Sacramento Bee Read more »
Americans Supportive but Skeptical on Obama’s Gun Action
The American public is broadly supportive of the executive actions issued by President Barack Obama this week aimed at increasing the reach of federal background checks for gun purchases and improving enforcement of existing laws. However, less than half say that these changes will be effective at reducing gun-related deaths, […] Read more »
Millions of Voter Records Posted, and Some Fear Hacker Field Day
First and last names. Recent addresses and phone numbers. Party affiliation. Voting history and demographics. A database containing this information from 191 million voter records was mysteriously published over the last week, the latest example of personal voter data becoming freely available, alarming privacy experts who say the information can […] Read more »
AP-Times Square Alliance online poll: Mass shootings weighed on Americans in 2015
… Americans say the most important events of 2015 were a string of mass shootings, including the attacks in San Bernardino, California, and Paris, plus Islamic State group atrocities. … Americans also are much less likely than they were a year ago to believe that the current year was better […] Read more »