Americans’ overall impressions of six major sectors of the U.S. economy grew significantly more positive this year. Farming and agriculture saw the biggest improvement, with 70% now viewing it positively, up 15 percentage points from 2016. Americans are also more positive about education, the computer, real estate and sports industries, […] Read more »
Government, Healthcare Most Important Problems in U.S.
Americans cited the U.S. government itself as the most important problem facing the U.S. this month (20%). This is down five percentage points from June, but still elevated amid the tension between the Trump White House and Congress. CONT. Art Swift, Gallup Read more »
Should democracy depend on ‘we, the people’? Here’s what the framers wanted.
… Over the next five episodes we’ll look at the role of public opinion and the media, see how elections work, and examine ways other than voting by which people can participate in politics. Public opinion is a fundamental place to start. After all, as William McKinley put it, “Here […] Read more »
What the voters were telling the GOP on health care
Health care just became an entitlement. Not by law — that happened in stages over many decades, beginning with Medicare in the 1960s and continuing to the Affordable Care Act under President Barack Obama. What happened this week was the American people ratified that they want health care — meaning […] Read more »
These Americans Hated the Health Law. Until the Idea of Repeal Sank In.
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — Five years ago, the Affordable Care Act had yet to begin its expansion of health insurance to millions of Americans, but Jeff Brahin was already stewing about it. … In 2012, when The New York Times talked to Mr. Brahin and others here in Bucks County, Pa., a […] Read more »
AP-NORC Poll: Shift to political left seen on health care
Americans were never too thrilled with “Obamacare” and they definitely disapprove of Republican alternatives in Congress, so what does the public want to do on health care? A new poll suggests the country may be shifting left on this core issue, with 62 percent saying it’s the federal government’s responsibility […] Read more »