Ten years after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, nearly half of Americans still think the country has not learned lessons from the tragedy and is not much better prepared for future natural disasters, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta & Theodore Schleifer, CNN Read more »
A Presidency On Life Support
10 years ago in The Polling Report: The George W. Bush presidency is on life support. At first, these words seem harsh and overstated. For starters, Bush has more than a thousand days left in office. He can nominate Supreme Court justices and get them confirmed, as the 78 to […] Read more »
Tale of Two Cities: Views of Katrina Recovery in New Orleans Divide along Racial Lines
African American and white residents of New Orleans see the progress of recovery since Hurricane Katrina very differently, according to a new survey from the Manship School of Mass Communication’s Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs at LSU. Nearly 80 percent of the city’s white residents feel Louisiana has […] Read more »
New Orleans Ten Years After The Storm
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast and the subsequent levee failure led to unprecedented destruction in New Orleans, the Kaiser Family Foundation teamed up with NPR to conduct a survey of the city’s current residents. … The new survey examines how those who are currently living in […] Read more »
Americans’ Views of Government Handling of Healthcare Up Sharply
Nearly two years after the debut of the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare,” Americans are more positive about the work the federal government is doing in healthcare. Forty-three percent say they are satisfied with the government’s work in this arena, up 14 percentage points from 2013. Still, 56% say they […] Read more »
Americans Praise Gov’t Work on Natural Disasters, Parks
Three-quarters of Americans are satisfied with the work the federal government does in responding to natural disasters, and nearly as many applaud the government’s efforts on national parks and open space. A majority also rate the government positively for its handling of homeland security, transportation, and the military and national […] Read more »