As Independence Day approaches, more than one in four Americans are so alienated from their government that they believe it may “soon be necessary to take up arms” against it, according to a new poll released Thursday by the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics (IOP). That startling finding, which […] Read more »
Many states with antiabortion laws have pro-choice majorities
… We set out to find out what percentage of people in each state support legal abortions. Drawing on work by one of us and Devin Caughey, we used micro-data from publicly available probability polls from academic surveys such as American National Election Studies and media polls we obtained via […] Read more »
You’ve likely been affected by climate change. Your long-term finances might be, too
A great majority of Americans have been affected by extreme weather in recent years, and many suffer long-term financial problems as a result, according to a new nationwide survey conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. More than three-quarters of […] Read more »
Do Americans know who their diplomats are? Or what they do?
… An interest in understanding Americans’ views on American diplomacy and diplomats – how they are selected and trained, what it is that they do – formed the basis of a new report, undertaken with the support of the Una Chapman Cox Foundation and conducted by the nonprofit RAND Corporation. […] Read more »
Americans support student loan forgiveness, but would rather rein in college costs
As President Biden inches toward an announcement on federal student loan forgiveness, a new NPR/Ipsos poll has found slightly more than half of Americans support what has been reported to be Biden’s likeliest path: forgiving up to $10,000 per person. But an overwhelming majority – including a majority of those […] Read more »
Fifty Years of Title IX: Where Are We Now?
Fifty years after the passage of Title IX prohibited high schools and colleges from discriminating on the basis of gender, most Americans believe there has been at least some progress in providing equal treatment for women. However, the public perceives somewhat less progress when it comes to protecting against gender […] Read more »