Against the backdrop of mass shootings, foreign policy showdowns, inflation woes and a pandemic, the latest Fox News survey finds a record-high number of registered voters think life for the next generation of Americans will be worse than it is today. A majority, 70%, says life will be worse for […] Read more »
Americans Favor Aiding Taiwan with Arms but Not Troops
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent trip to Taiwan aimed to deliver “an unequivocal statement that America stands with Taiwan, our democratic partner, as it defends itself and its freedom.” Results from the just-completed 2022 Chicago Council Survey, fielded July 15–August 1, show that the American public also expresses support for […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Over 8 in 10 say Saudi Arabia’s human rights record is a problem
Over half of voters don’t like how President Biden is handling the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia, and an overwhelming majority is troubled by the country’s human rights record. … Meanwhile, more than half disapprove of the job Biden is doing on energy policy (57%), and say they have changed […] Read more »
Texas: Majority oppose banning abortion; Gov. Greg Abbott leads Beto O’Rourke by 6 points
A new University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll finds 15% of Texans expressing support for a complete ban on abortion access in polling conducted primarily in the week prior to the U.S. Supreme Court’s announcement of its landmark opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. While 37% of Texas voters say that […] Read more »
America is leading the world backward
If President Joe Biden hoped to reassure friends and allies that America was ready to lead the charge as a champion of human rights and democracy, the U.S. Supreme Court had other ideas. A series of radical rulings makes America’s exhortations about promoting democracy ring hollow. … Each of these […] Read more »
International Attitudes Toward the U.S., NATO and Russia in a Time of Crisis
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought war to Europe at a scale unseen since the 1940s. In response, the United States and its NATO allies have supplied Ukrainian defense forces with weapons and training, while millions of refugees have fled into neighboring countries. The war has been the center of […] Read more »