… The tumultuous social changes that began in the 1960s supplied decades of political ammunition for Republicans. Beginning with Richard M. Nixon, they rallied Americans disturbed by noisy protests over civil rights, the sexual revolution and the Vietnam War. … Now the values wedge cuts for Democrats. … Democrats profit […] Read more »
The Public Lightens Up About Weed
… Seventy-eight percent of Americans thought marijuana should be illegal in 1991. That figure fell to 57 percent in 2008, according to the Pew Research Center. In 2013, for the first time in over four decades of polling on the issue, prohibition was a minority position. … So what happened? […] Read more »
Reason-Rupe Poll: Millennials Think Government Is Inefficient, Abuses Its Power, and Supports Cronyism
A Reason-Rupe survey of 2,000 Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 finds 66 percent of millennials believe government is inefficient and wasteful — a substantial increase since 2009, when just 42 percent of millennials said government was inefficient and wasteful. … The Reason-Rupe report finds this skepticism of […] Read more »
Buyers’ remorse on marijuana?
I was recently moderating several nights of focus groups in Denver when the subject of marijuana suddenly and unexpectedly broke into the conversation. At the beginning of each group I asked respondents to introduce themselves, stating their favorite hobbies or leisure time interests, and one thing they would change about […] Read more »
Should pot be decriminalized?
A new CBS News Poll finds Americans split on whether the use of marijuana should be legal. According to a new “Sunday Morning” poll of more than 1,000 respondents nationwide, 48 percent favor making marijuana use legal, while 47 percent oppose it. CONT. CBS News Read more »
Low Midterm Turnout Likely, Conservatives More Enthusiastic, Harvard Youth Poll Finds
A new national poll of America’s 18- to 29- year-olds by Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP), located at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, finds low expected participation for the midterm elections as less than one-in-four (23%) young Americans say they will “definitely be voting” in November, a sharp […] Read more »