The latest Fox News survey finds support for building the U.S.-Mexico border wall is up — and now matches a previous high. This comes after the Biden administration halted the majority of border wall projects in late April. While voters have mixed views on the wall, the 50 percent who […] Read more »
American Alienation
Close to half of all Americans have received at least one dose of the vaccine by now. We are getting closer to something resembling our old ways. … As the old issues fade away, “once and future” problems like immigration and social inequality come back from their long COVID slumber. […] Read more »
Despite Concerns About Border, Poll Finds Support For More Pathways To Citizenship
Across the political spectrum, Americans are worried about the rising number of migrants apprehended after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in recent months, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll. But whatever their misgivings about the situation at the border, majorities of poll respondents favor creating a legal pathway to citizenship for […] Read more »
NPR/Ipsos Poll: Americans Concerned About Migrants At U.S.-Mexico Border
Americans are very concerned about the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll. But we also found broad support for some parts of President Biden’s immigration overhaul. Joel Rose, NPR News The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll results and insightful analysis. […] Read more »
Most Americans Are Critical of Government’s Handling of Situation at U.S.-Mexico Border
With Border Patrol apprehensions once again increasing this spring, Americans are expressing renewed concern over illegal immigration and the current situation at the U.S. border with Mexico. The government receives negative ratings for how it has handled the situation at the border. About two-thirds of U.S. adults (68%) say that […] Read more »
American Attitudes and U.S. Population Growth
The U.S. Census Bureau’s announcement that the country’s population grew 7.4% over the past decade to 331,449,281 may seem like significant growth — but in reality, it represents the second-lowest decade-to-decade growth rate since the U.S. Census began in 1790, behind only the stagnant growth of the 1930s during the […] Read more »