For the 16th consecutive year, Americans’ ratings of the honesty and ethical standards of 22 occupations finds nurses at the top of the list. More than eight in 10 (82%) Americans describe nurses’ ethics as “very high” or “high.” In contrast, about six in 10 Americans rate members of Congress […] Read more »
US Satisfaction: Quality of Life First, Race Relations Last
As the nation prepares to transition to Donald Trump’s administration, solid majorities of Americans are satisfied with the U.S. quality of life, the opportunity to get ahead by working hard and the nation’s military strength. They are much less satisfied with the state of race relations, the nation’s efforts to […] Read more »
The House decides not to set its last shred of public confidence on fire
The last time more than a third of Americans had a lot or a great deal of confidence in Congress, Ronald Reagan had just won reelection as president. The last time two-thirds of the country had at least some confidence in the institution was 2005 — right before a series […] Read more »
Americans Rate Healthcare Providers High on Honesty, Ethics
Most Americans trust their healthcare providers to be honest and ethical, but few other professions fare so well in Gallup’s annual look at honesty and ethical standards among various fields. Nurses top the list with 84% of the public rating their standards as “high” or “very high,” while members of […] Read more »
A little thaw, but still no honeymoon for Trump
Newly elected presidents usually get a honeymoon period from the American public. Not Donald Trump. People remain deeply concerned about Trump’s volatile, unpredictable temperament, a new McClatchy-Marist poll finds. They’re troubled by questions about his ethics. And they remain deeply divided over whether he’ll be an effective president. CONT. David […] Read more »
Trump’s Policy Proposals and Public Opinion
… I’ve put together a number of Trump’s proposed policies and grouped them into three categories: those that appear to be largely in sync with American public opinion, those that are clearly out of sync and those on which the public is divided. In all instances, I’m referring to public […] Read more »