Americans are more positive now than a decade ago about the effects that immigration has on the U.S. This increase in positivity is seen across six different aspects of life in the U.S., spanning the economy, culture and jobs situation. CONT. Justin McCarthy, Gallup Read more »
Overall US Desire to Decrease Immigration Unchanged in 2017
As a whole, Americans’ attitudes about immigration haven’t changed significantly since Donald Trump’s presidential campaign platform promised action against illegal immigrants. CONT. Justin McCarthy, Gallup Read more »
Trump’s core voters could suffer most under GOP health bill, but they may not punish him for it
The Senate health-care bill has sharpened the central political question surrounding the 2017 Republican agenda: Will the voters who made Donald Trump president rebel? Like the House health-care bill, the Senate version would roll back Obamacare’s expansion of insurance coverage under Medicaid. While cutting Obamacare’s taxes on the rich, it […] Read more »
No State Shows Majority Support for Deporting Immigrants Living in U.S. Illegally
No state in the country shows majority support for deporting immigrants living in the country illegally, according to an extensive 50-state survey released today—revealing that the heated rhetoric surrounding illegal immigration during the 2016 presidential election had little effect on overall attitudes. A majority of residents in every state—including states […] Read more »
The End of the Left and the Right as We Knew Them
By now it has become quite clear that conservative parties in Europe and the United States have been gaining strength from white voters who have been mobilized around issues related to nationalism — resistance to open borders and to third-world immigration. In the United States, this development has been exacerbated […] Read more »
Who Sees Discrimination? New Survey Shows Republicans and Democrats Perceive Two Different Realities
A massive new survey released today reveals two distinct partisan visions about the nature of discrimination in America today. Republicans reject the idea that black people, immigrants, and gay and lesbian Americans face discrimination, while overwhelming majorities of Democrats say they do. White Americans—particularly white Christians—are also generally less likely […] Read more »