Mass shootings have become so commonplace in the United States in 2023, that the shelf life for any individual event before another shooting can be measured in days or sometimes hours. … The numbers are difficult to ignore and after every event and the usual call for “thoughts and prayers,” […] Read more »
Americans Largely Pessimistic About U.S. Prospects in 2023
Coming off several challenging years, Americans enter 2023 with a mostly gloomy outlook for the U.S. as majorities predict negative conditions in 12 of 13 economic, political, societal and international arenas. When offered opposing outcomes on each issue, about eight in 10 U.S. adults think 2023 will be a year […] Read more »
Poll finds a majority of Americans believe democracy is at risk
As the Jan. 6 committee wraps up its hearings, a recent NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll found a majority of Americans believe democracy is at risk and want members of Congress to compromise. Domenico Montanaro, NPR News The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll results and insightful analysis. […] Read more »
Ten Years After the Sandy Hook School Massacre: A Look Back
Ten years ago, on Dec. 14, 2012, the small Newtown, Connecticut, community was forever changed when a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The massacre remains the deadliest mass shooting in a K-12 school in the U.S. The ages of the student victims — […] Read more »
A lot of the best political messages are really boring
One of the 2022 results that surprised me was Catherine Cortez Masto’s successful re-election in Nevada. … So how did she pull it off? I think Dobbs was clearly an important factor, as it was in many states. But a new report suggests that Cortez Masto and her campaign can […] Read more »
Crime, American Public Opinion and the Election
… Americans’ perceptions of crime are significantly affected by partisanship. Responses to many survey questions about crime vary, in some cases dramatically, based on underlying political identity. It’s probable that these differences reflect party positioning and political campaign strategies as much as they do sharp differences in what partisan groups […] Read more »