If the United States is governed by the people, as we have claimed at least since Abraham Lincoln was president, it is the job of our government to make participation as easy and seamless as possible. Political campaigns may choose to mobilize their supporters and ignore the other candidate’s supporters, […] Read more »
Half of Republicans believe false accounts of deadly U.S. Capitol riot
Since the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies have pushed false and misleading accounts to downplay the event that left five dead and scores of others wounded. His supporters appear to have listened. Three months after a mob of Trump […] Read more »
AP-NORC poll: Majority in US back easier voter registration
Democrats’ proposals to overhaul voting in the U.S. won solid — although not overwhelming — support from Americans in a new survey measuring the popularity of major pieces of the sweeping legislation in Congress. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found about half of Americans support expanding […] Read more »
Public Supportive of Many Voting Reforms
On March 3, 2021, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the For the People Act, a bill that would expand voting rights, including same-day voter registration for federal elections, automatic voter registration through state agencies, and a minimum two-week early voting period across all states. While it waits consideration […] Read more »
Share of Republicans saying ‘everything possible’ should be done to make voting easy declines sharply
As partisan conflicts over voting access take center stage in Congress and in scores of states around the country, the share of Americans who say “everything possible” should be done to make voting easy has declined since 2018 – with the decrease coming entirely among Republicans. CONTINUED Hannah Hartig, Pew […] Read more »
Most Americans Agree on Four Foundations of Democracy, but Execution of Those Ideals Receives Failing Grades
While Americans have high ideals for what makes up our democracy, a new Grinnell College National Poll shows our country gets failing grades when it comes to executing those ideals in real life. The poll, a partnership between Grinnell College and J. Ann Selzer of Selzer & Company, was released […] Read more »