… Six in 10 Americans support the idea of allowing undocumented immigrants already in the United States to remain and, with some conditions, gain the status needed to work legally. A slightly smaller but still majority stake of Americans, 57 percent, agree that immigrants strengthen American society. Still, those opinions […] Read more »
Immigration Critics Drive Trump Surge; Yet Most Americans Favor Legal Status
Donald Trump’s visit to the U.S.-Mexico border marks the extent to which negative views on immigration fuel his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination – and the limits they may impose. About half of potential GOP voters in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll oppose a path to legal status […] Read more »
Criminal Justice Reform: The Sleeper Issue of 2016?
As the 2016 campaign begins to take shape, prisons and criminal justice reform are emerging as a surprise issue. Last week President Barack Obama visited a federal prison in Oklahoma to discuss reform and Republican presidential hopefuls Rand Paul and Chris Christie have been touting the need for change. How […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Reshuffling of GOP field, many agree with Trump on immigration
The latest Fox News national poll finds another reshuffling in the race for the 2016 Republican nomination, as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker gets a post-announcement bump and businessman Donald Trump claims more of the spotlight. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton still dominates the Democratic race. Yet the poll also […] Read more »
Why blacks see Dylann Roof as a terrorist and whites don’t
In the two weeks since a gunman walked inside a historic black church in Charleston and, after some prayer, shot and killed nine people, two competing narratives about what happened have emerged. Was the shooter a terrorist? Or was he simply a lost and animus-filled individual who committed a one-off […] Read more »
Obama’s approval rating grows following memorable week
Could Barack Obama’s great week mark a turning point in his poll numbers? After months of stagnant approval ratings, a new CNN/ORC poll finds that for the first time in more than two years, 50% of Americans approve of the way Obama is handling the presidency. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta, CNN […] Read more »