President Trump’s termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, at first blush, flies in the face of popular will. If widespread criticism was not evidence enough, public opinion polling shows a consistent and increasing supermajority support for the program and similar concepts. Our own recent Ipsos polls show […] Read more »
Poll Hub: The debate over DACA
In this episode of Poll Hub, the debate over DACA. According to a new Marist Poll, a majority of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s move to end DACA, similar to the findings of other recent surveys. What does it mean when the polls converge? Can the average poll consumer […] Read more »
‘Trumpism’ and Fear of ‘Others’ Revealed as National Patterns in Baylor Religion Survey
“Trumpism” — a new form of nationalism that merges pro-Christian rhetoric with anti-Islam, anti-feminist, anti-globalist and anti-government attitudes — and a fear of “others” emerged as prominent patterns among Americans in the latest findings of the Baylor Religion Survey. … The research is Wave 5 of the Baylor Religion Survey, […] Read more »
Bannon’s comments on immigrants line up with the views of many white Catholics
… Former White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon thinks the Catholic Church’s leadership is on the wrong side of the immigration battle. They have been “unable to really, to come to grips with the problems in the church. They need illegal aliens. They need illegal aliens to fill the […] Read more »
Why Trump’s Immigration Gambit Will Likely Backfire
President Trump may have hoped to increase pressure on congressional Democrats to accept other hardline elements of his immigration agenda this week by rescinding the program that has protected from deportation about 800,000 “Dreamers,” young people brought to the country illegally by their parents. But it’s more likely Trump has […] Read more »
The pillars of Trump’s nationalism are weakening
To the extent that President Trump has a consistent, defining worldview, it’s “America first.” Wrapped up in that short catchphrase is Trump’s vehement opposition to illegal immigration and his moves to isolate Americans from the rest of the world, including on free trade and the Paris climate accord. On both […] Read more »