While congressional Democrats negotiate within their ranks over the “Build Back Better” plan, the public is more likely to have heard about what it would cost than about the specific policies that would be in it. Despite the popularity, in principle, of these program ideas, some of the very popular […] Read more »
A Foreign Policy for the Middle Class—What Americans Think
… As the president wrote in the 2021 Interim National Security Strategic Guidance, “America is back. Diplomacy is back. Alliances are back.” Do the American people believe that America is back? And do they support the policies laid out in the Biden administration’s Foreign Policy for the Middle Class? The […] Read more »
GOP Now Viewed as Better Party for Security, Prosperity
Americans by significant margins now view the Republican Party as better than the Democratic Party at protecting the nation from international threats (54% to 39%, respectively) and at ensuring the nation remains prosperous (50% to 41%). The 15-percentage-point GOP advantage on security matters is its largest since 2015, while its […] Read more »
U.S. Economic Outlook Dims As Stimulus Lapses, Dow Jones Falls
Americans have grown more pessimistic about the outlook for the U.S. economy with the lapse of unemployment benefits even as the latest Covid wave has slowed the jobs recovery. Although the pandemic is now on the wane, investors have turned less bullish amid inflation worries and the Dow Jones’ first […] Read more »
President Joe Biden’s Job Approval Stabilizes, But Not Among Democrats
President Biden has halted the slide in his job approval rating after taking a hit over the tumultuous exit from Afghanistan, Covid resurgence and uneven economic recovery, the October IBD/TIPP Poll finds. However, Biden’s job approval among Democrats, while still elevated, is leaking air as he seeks consensus with moderates […] Read more »
Consumer Comfort Index: Steep Drop in Economic Confidence
Optimism about the direction of the national economy took its steepest tumble in nearly 13 years in the latest Consumer Comfort survey, with the number of Americans who say the economy is improving falling by 11 percentage points from mid-August to mid-September. Twenty-seven percent say the economy is getting better, […] Read more »