Forty percent of Americans rate the overall quality of the environment as “excellent” or “good.” Although not dramatically lower than in prior years, it is the least positive assessment of the environment since 2009. CONT. Megan Brenan, Gallup Read more »
Global Warming Concern Steady Despite Some Partisan Shifts
Americans’ concerns about global warming are not much different from the record-high levels they were at a year ago. However, the views of some partisans have shifted, creating larger gaps than what Gallup saw last year across all questions about global warming. CONT. Megan Brenan & Lydia Saad, Gallup Read more »
Concerns About Healthcare High; Energy, Unemployment Low
Fifty-five percent of Americans worry “a great deal” about the availability and affordability of healthcare, topping concerns about 14 other issues Gallup tested. Slim majorities also worry about crime and violence, federal spending and the budget deficit, and the availability of guns. Unemployment and affordable energy rank last. CONT. Jeffrey […] Read more »
Satisfaction With Quality of Environment in U.S. at New Low
Americans are slightly more likely to be dissatisfied (52%) than satisfied (45%) with the quality of the environment in the U.S. This is, by one percentage point, the lowest level of satisfaction with environmental quality in Gallup’s 18-year trend, and the first time the percentage of dissatisfied Americans has exceeded […] Read more »
More Americans oppose than favor increased offshore drilling
More Americans now oppose (51%) than favor (42%) allowing more offshore oil and gas drilling in U.S. waters, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in mid-January. The share of Americans who favor expanded offshore oil and gas drilling has declined 10 percentage points since 2014. CONT. Bradley Jones, […] Read more »
State of the Union 2018: Americans’ views on key issues facing the nation
President Donald Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address on Tuesday – a speech that millions of Americans will watch closely. Earlier this month, about three-in-ten (31%) said in a Pew Research Center survey that this year’s speech is “more important” than those in past years, compared […] Read more »