Number of the week: A Quinnipiac University poll finds that 43% of voters support building a wall along the Mexican border. A majority, 54%, are opposed to such a wall. If anything, the Quinnipiac poll is an outlier in favor of the pro-wall position. A CNN poll conducted earlier this […] Read more »
Who will Americans blame if the government shuts down?
With hours to go before a potential federal government shutdown Friday night over funding to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, both President Trump and Democrats are blaming one another for the gridlock. … So who are Americans likely to blame for the shutdown? It’s impossible to be sure […] Read more »
Healthcare, Immigration Down as Most Important Problem
In the first survey after the midterm Congressional election, mentions of immigration and healthcare as the top problems facing the country are down. Sixteen percent of Americans cite immigration as the top problem, down from 21% last month, while those noting healthcare dropped to 5% from 11%. One in five […] Read more »
Trump is doubling down on his strategy that cost the GOP the House
With his threat to shut down the federal government unless he receives funding for his border wall, President Donald Trump is employing a tactic that is unpopular to advance a goal that may be even more unpopular. Trump’s threats — and the muted public resistance to them from GOP congressional […] Read more »
Americans’ message to Washington on the looming shutdown: Don’t
Americans have a clear message to Washington as the government hurtles toward a partial shutdown Friday: Don’t. By a double-digit margin, 54 percent to 29 percent, those surveyed in a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll say they oppose the shutdown that President Donald Trump threatened if Congress doesn’t agree to […] Read more »
A majority of Americans no longer trust their government on immigration
As a nation of immigrants, the United States has often been more consumed by questions of relations and power between groups within its society, than with the question of who comes and goes. Over recent years, however, as citizens’ concerns about status, representation and security have escalated, the political rhetoric […] Read more »