By a two-to-one margin, Texas voters believe the country is going in the wrong direction, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. While 29 percent said the United States is on the right track, 61 percent said it’s going in the wrong direction. They took a more sanguine […] Read more »
Public Sees U.S. Trade Policy as Not Serving Public, But Multinational Corporations
In a two wave trend line poll conducted shortly after the election and then again this month, seven in ten US voters consistently said that US trade policymakers give too little consideration to the American people, people like them, or the American economy, but do fully take into account the […] Read more »
Most Americans oppose Trump’s tax reform plan
A slim majority of Americans (52%) oppose President Donald Trump’s recent tax reform proposals, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, while only one-third (34%) say they support the Trump plan. CONT. Ryan Struyk, CNN Read more »
California Is the Future
America is stuck between two historical eras. That’s the best way to understand the strange, unprecedented politics of Trump, the political polarization and paralysis of government, the deep dissatisfaction of public opinion, the lack of trust in all institutions — all of it. The post-Industrial era that blossomed in the second half […] Read more »
Public’s views on economy continue to cruise at lofty levels
The public’s views on the economy continue to cruise at lofty levels but the optimism does not appear to be lifting the president’s approval rating. The third-quarter CNBC All-America Economic Survey found 43 percent of the public believes the economy is excellent or good, a record high in the 10-year […] Read more »
Americans’ confidence in the economy declined slightly in September
Americans’ confidence in the economy declined slightly in September, with Gallup’s U.S. Economic Confidence Index slipping to +4 from August’s reading of +6. CONT. Andrew Dugan, Gallup Read more »