Nearly two-thirds (64%) of Americans oppose allowing small business owners in their state to refuse to provide products or services to gay or lesbian people if doing so violates their religious beliefs. Roughly one-third (32%) support such religiously based service refusals. … After plateauing in 2015, support for same-sex marriage […] Read more »
Mentions of Economy as Top US Problem Lowest Since 2007
Americans are now less likely than at any point since 2007 to name the economy in general (8%) as the most important problem facing the nation. … Almost one in five Americans (18%) name dissatisfaction with government or poor leadership as the nation’s greatest problem. CONT. Justin McCarthy, Gallup Read more »
USA TODAY Poll: Tweets and temperament are tripping up President Trump
President Trump gets high marks for leadership amid growing economic optimism, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, but questions about his temperament and his tweets have cost him the political boost that a president traditionally gets from that good news. CONT. Susan Page, USA Today Read more »
The American Identity: Points of Pride, Conflicting Views, and a Distinct Culture
In the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order last month on immigration and refugees, Americans are supportive of the country’s diversity and generally favorable toward immigration. However, according to a recent poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, Americans are less favorable toward refugees and […] Read more »
How Question Wording Affects (Or Doesn’t Affect) Support For Trump’s Travel Ban
President Trump’s executive order banning travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the U.S. has been perhaps the most controversial act of his presidency so far. The order set off a firestorm of protests and numerous court challenges. But it’s still difficult to measure how many Americans support the […] Read more »
Even most Trump backers want a path to citizenship for immigrants here illegally
As President Donald Trump prepares to address Congress on Tuesday for the first time, a new McClatchy-Marist Poll finds that even 72 percent of Trump’s own supporters want a path to citizenship for immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally. Trump is targeting millions of people for possible deportation. But […] Read more »