Americans are more likely to disapprove than approve of President Donald Trump’s handling of the Puerto Rico hurricane relief effort. According to a poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, just 32 percent approve of how Trump is handling disaster relief in the U.S. territory, while 49 […] Read more »
Most Americans think Trump hasn’t done enough to fix opioid crisis
Most Americans think the opioid crisis has worsened in their communities and across the country, but few believe their own lives will be affected, according to a new poll from the PBS NewsHour and Marist Poll. … Whatever the solution, Americans don’t think the nation’s leaders are doing enough to […] Read more »
Support for Active Government Up
Half of Americans believe the government is doing too much that should be left to individuals and businesses in the U.S. Meanwhile, 45% — up from 41% in 2016 and an average of 39% during the eight years of Barack Obama’s presidency — want government to take a greater role […] Read more »
Public Still Prefers One-Party Control to Divided Government
One in three Americans favor having the same party control the presidency and Congress (the current situation in the U.S.), while a quarter prefer divided government and 37% say it makes no difference. CONT. Jim Norman, Gallup Read more »
How Trump is helping to save our democracy
The election of Donald Trump could be one of the best things that ever happened to American democracy. We say this even though we believe that Trump poses a genuine danger to our republican institutions and has done enormous damage to our country. He has violated political norms, weakened our […] Read more »
Confidence in Public’s Judgment Reverses Seven-Year Slide; Trust in Politicians Also Rising
The public’s trust in the American people’s judgment on national issues rebounded somewhat this year after a seven-year slide. … Americans are less likely to express trust in the “men and women in political life in this country who either hold or are running for public office” than they are […] Read more »