As more U.S. states legalize marijuana use, 45% of Americans say they have tried marijuana at least once, a new high in Gallup’s trend since 1969. … When Gallup first asked this question in 1969, only 4% said they had tried marijuana. CONT. Art Swift, Gallup Read more »
Cultural Displacement—Not Economic Hardship—More Predictive of White Working-Class Support for Trump
White working-class voters who reported feelings of cultural dislocation or favored deportation of illegal immigrants were more than three times more likely to support Trump, according to new analysis of a fall PRRI/The Atlantic survey released today. The influence of economic factors is both less powerful and more complex. CONT. […] Read more »
Marijuana legalization support at all-time high
A recent CBS News poll shows support for legalizing marijuana is higher than ever. Sixty-one percent of Americans think marijuana use should be legal, a five-point increase from last year and the highest percentage ever recorded in this poll. Eighty-eight percent favor medical marijuana use. CONT. CBS News Read more »
HBO Real Sports/Marist Poll of Sports Fans
When it comes to the NFL draft, most American football fans aren’t too thrilled if their favorite team ignores a top college prospect’s history of questionable behavior. Most fans oppose their favorite NFL team drafting a player with a history of physical violence against women. … Turning to politics, do […] Read more »
Most Americans support medical marijuana but are divided on legalizing recreational weed
More Americans favor some form of marijuana legalization than oppose it, an exclusive new Yahoo News/Marist Poll, “Weed & the American Family,” found. And that’s especially true for medical marijuana. CONT. Dylan Stableford, Yahoo News Read more »
The blogs vs. Case-Deaton
Anne Case and Angus Deaton have a new paper on white mortality rates. This one is getting attacked a lot more than the 2015 one, though the findings and methods are basically the same — increased death rates for U.S. whites, especially for the uneducated. Andrew Gelman is still on […] Read more »