Asked generally about government spending, 60% of the public says the U.S. government is spending too much, 16% think it is spending too little and only 22% say it is spending the right amount. There has been a significant increase in the perception that the U.S. government is spending too […] Read more »
TikTok’s fate is in the hands of the creators
… With lawmakers grumbling that youth don’t comprehend our nation’s threats and youth questioning lawmakers who don’t appreciate their values or understand their use of technology — the team at SocialSphere and I tried to sort things out. We fielded an in-depth survey of more than 1,600 Gen Z (18-26 […] Read more »
How the public feels about the Silicon Valley Bank failure
… The differences between the 2008 recession and the Silicon Valley Bank failure are significant. Namely, taxpayers’ money went to bailing out the banking industry in 2008, while insurance that banks pay is bankrolling depositors at failed institutions this time around, not taxpayers. Still, the government is stepping in yet […] Read more »
Americans voice confidence in their banks, but inflation woes continue
Three-quarters of Americans have at least some confidence in their own banks, which is more than they have in banks and financial institutions writ large. Inflation remains the No. 1 reason people continue to say the economy is bad, and that far outweighs recent issues with U.S. banks and the […] Read more »
Most see TikTok as a national security risk
Most see TikTok’s ties to China as a national security risk, and those who do would like to see the video-sharing app banned in the U.S. But younger people — who are the most likely age group to use it — are also the most opposed to a ban, or […] Read more »
The biggest decider of who backs a TikTok ban? If they use TikTok.
More Americans back a TikTok ban than oppose one, with a majority expressing concerns over the company’s links to China, underscoring that distrust of the foreign-owned app has spread beyond Washington, even as its domestic user base soars. A Washington Post poll finds that 41 percent of Americans support a […] Read more »