Americans have a pessimistic view of American public health, even as most report their own health and well-being as mostly good. Our new Axios-Ipsos American Health Index also shows that only three in ten Americans believe the country is ready for another pandemic, and a quarter or less believe that […] Read more »
Our system doesn’t act even when we agree. That’s killing us.
When friends of the United States abroad enumerate aspects of our politics they simply can’t understand, I’ve found they often point to the inability of our democracy to deal comprehensively with the mass slaughter our permissive gun laws enable. Every new outrage — including the recent incidents in Arkabutla, Miss., […] Read more »
Five years after Parkland, what has changed?
One week, two widely publicized mass shootings. One at a school and another a few buildings down from where a shooter killed 23 in 2019. These two mass shootings come on the heels of the fifth anniversary of the 2018 Parkland, Florida shooting, one of the deadliest school shootings in […] Read more »
Dissatisfaction With U.S. Gun Laws Hits New High
Americans’ dissatisfaction with U.S. gun laws has risen to 63%, the highest by one percentage point in Gallup’s 23-year trend, and an increase of seven points over the past year. At the same time, satisfaction with gun policy has fallen by the same amount to 34%, tying the lowest reading […] Read more »
Americans have low confidence in leaders, GOP at risk in political disputes
Americans expressed scant confidence in President Joe Biden and his party heading into the 2023 State of the Union address. Yet wide majorities also lack faith in their Republican counterparts, and a new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds the GOP at risk on two fronts, the debt ceiling debate and […] Read more »
Why does Washington not act on guns? Voters say it’s low priority.
Mass shootings have become so commonplace in the United States in 2023, that the shelf life for any individual event before another shooting can be measured in days or sometimes hours. … The numbers are difficult to ignore and after every event and the usual call for “thoughts and prayers,” […] Read more »