… The red-state offensive against undocumented immigration sits at the crossroads of two powerful trends in the Donald Trump–era Republican Party. One is the growing movement in the red states to roll back a wide range of civil rights and liberties, including voting rights, access to abortion, and LGBTQ protections. […] Read more »
Sending troops to U.S.-Mexico border is popular. Other GOP policy planks are struggling.
The latest NBC News poll tests 11 different proposals and issues Republican presidential candidates are campaigning on so far — and the recent push on using the military at the border is resonating with general election voters, though they are down on several other high-profile policy planks. The most popular […] Read more »
What is ‘Woke?’ New UMass Amherst Poll Asks Americans their Views on Culture Issues
A new national University of Massachusetts Amherst Poll has surveyed Americans’ views on some of the culture issues being used by politicians to divide the country, including diversity, trans rights, antisemitism, immigration and even the definition of the political buzzword of the day – “woke.” “As the field of candidates […] Read more »
U.S. Mood Remains Glum; 18% Satisfied With State of Nation
Eighteen percent of Americans are satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S., staying below 20% as it has since March. Americans are slightly more satisfied than last summer when gas prices and inflation were soaring. … Americans’ confidence in the U.S. economy also remains depressed, with Gallup’s […] Read more »
How legal immigration might solve two of America’s toughest problems
Two of the nation’s most intractable problems might have the same solution – if the idea was not so politically radioactive. Even as businesses across the nation are complaining about their inability to find enough workers, the federal government is struggling to stem the relentless flow of migrants at the […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Voters say border security is worse compared to two years ago
Two weeks after the pandemic-era Title 42 border restrictions ended, President Biden received his lowest marks to date on border safety with six in 10 American voters preferring the limits had remained. In addition, just over half (51%) of registered voters in a new Fox News survey say security at […] Read more »