President Joe Biden’s approval rating saw little improvement after he used last week’s State of the Union address to rally the country amid Russia’s Ukraine invasion, tout economic progress and present a more moderate policy agenda. High inflation and gas prices continue to be big sources of discontent. The March […] Read more »
How real are the latest job numbers?
Friday was a good day for U.S. economic news, at least on the employment front. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the country added 678,000 jobs in February, and that’s coming off of 2021’s run of good reports. But before anyone runs around trumpeting that number, it might be better […] Read more »
Biden gets a bounce after the State of the Union, NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows
After what’s been a bleak several months politically for President Biden, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey finds he is seeing a significant boost in his approval ratings across the board following his State of the Union address and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. … Biden appears to be benefiting from a […] Read more »
Wisconsin: Poll finds inflation fears up, pandemic fears down; primary candidates not yet well known
With just more than five months until Wisconsin’s Aug. 9 primary election, a new Marquette Law School Poll survey of state voters finds that about half of both Republican and Democratic voters say they don’t know whom they support in the races for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate […] Read more »
About Half Say U.S. Military Is No. 1 in the World
About one in six Americans (16%) say the U.S. is No. 1 in the world economically, rather than just one of several leading economic powers. They are much more likely to view it as the No. 1 military power (51%), a consistent pattern in Gallup’s trend dating back to 1993. […] Read more »
Americans increasingly want to move on from COVID-19
With new COVID-19 cases plummeting as the Omicron variant continues to recede, Americans report lower risk perceptions of the virus and are increasingly returning to their normal, pre-COVID life. In response, many believe the country should move towards reopening. The poll also finds that while nearly eight in ten (78%) […] Read more »