Ed Goeas & Brian Nienaber, The Tarrance Group The early stages of Hillary Clinton’s Presidential campaign have featured questions and criticisms about the extent to which the Clinton family has used their political power and their charitable foundation to line their own pockets. This has included the claim by the […] Read more »
Foreign challenges and the president
Americans are split when asked about the level of U.S. support for Israel: 29 percent say the U.S. gives too much, about as many say it gives too little, and a third say the U.S. gives the right amount. The percentage that says U.S. support is too little has risen […] Read more »
How Iraqi Sunnis really feel about the Islamic State
… A decade worth of detailed public opinion survey data helps to explain why many Sunni Iraqis have tolerated the Islamic State to this point – and why they would support an effort to repel the Islamic State. My social research and marketing firm, IIACSS, has conducted intensive, nationwide surveys […] Read more »
Americans increasingly concerned about ISIS
Americans have grown increasingly wary of ISIS over the past six months, but their confidence in the U.S.’ ability to combat the extremist group is waning, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. The poll finds fully 80% of Americans say ISIS poses a serious threat to the United States — […] Read more »
Americans are down on Obama’s foreign policy
President Barack Obama’s efforts against the Islamic State – as well as his entire foreign policy – is deeply unpopular in this country, a new McClatchy-Marist poll found. CONT. David Lightman, McClatchy Read more »
Americans’ views increasingly hawkish on terrorism, ISIS
Last week, I posted a piece laying out the emerging evidence that the American people are shifting toward a more hawkish view of how we should respond to foreign threats, especially terrorism. A Quinnipiac University poll released today underscores that shift. As economic worries gradually subside, concern about terrorism is […] Read more »