The early days of Donald Trump’s presidency have been an anxious time for many Muslim Americans, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Overall, Muslims in the United States perceive a lot of discrimination against their religious group, are leery of Trump and think their fellow Americans do not […] Read more »
What makes someone a ‘real’ American? 93% of Americans actually agree on this.
On July 4, Mahmoud Esmaeili, a 33-year-old software engineer, became an American citizen. Here’s why: “I like the system here. I like the rule of law. You know what to expect and what to not expect, so you can plan. That was the major part of why I wanted to […] Read more »
Voters don’t like Obamacare repeal, but other issues may sway midterms
The bad news for Republicans: Their base doesn’t like their plan for repealing Obamacare, and they don’t think President Donald Trump’s planned tax overhaul will help them. The good news for Republicans: It might not matter when the 2018 midterms roll around. That’s a key takeaway from the latest POLITICO-Harvard […] Read more »
More in U.S. Say Healthcare Is the Most Important Problem
As the Senate continues to work toward a new healthcare bill, 16% of Americans name healthcare as the most important problem facing the U.S. … Healthcare has been among the most frequently cited problems since Trump was elected, as the issue was one he pledged to address by taking up […] Read more »
More Americans Say Immigrants Help Rather Than Hurt Economy
Five months into Donald Trump’s presidency, 49% of U.S. adults believe immigrants help the nation’s economy by providing low-cost labor, outweighing the 40% who think immigrants hurt the economy by driving down wages. This is a near reversal of the last time Gallup asked this question, in 2005, when more […] Read more »
Aversion to difference
Last week, I examined two of the three strands of conservative thinking — aversion to government and aversion to change — which Donald Trump melded together in his successful effort to capture the White House. Here I’ll focus on the third — aversion to difference — which mostly lay dormant […] Read more »