… In 2013, voters across the country approached the polls with a very clear agenda, expressing not only their ongoing anxiety about the state of the economy, but also their strong desire to help the middle class and level the economic playing field for working families. This trend was not […] Read more »
Among American workers, poll finds unprecedented anxiety about jobs, economy
… More than six in 10 workers in a recent Washington Post-Miller Center poll worry that they will lose their jobs to the economy, surpassing concerns in more than a dozen surveys dating to the 1970s. Nearly one in three, 32 percent, say they worry “a lot” about losing their […] Read more »
More in U.S. Warm to the New Melting Pot
Most Americans do not view immigrants as a threat either to America’s economy or its culture, but key elements of the Republican coalition continue to express unease at the pace of demographic change, the new College Board/National Journal Next America Poll has found. The poll found little concern about economic […] Read more »
Senate Vote on ENDA Remarkably Close to Public Sentiment
The Senate’s passage of the Employee Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) last week is generally in line with public opinion today. A Nov. 5-6 Gallup survey included a referendum question asking if Americans would vote for or against a law that would make it illegal to discriminate in the workplace on the […] Read more »
Most Americans for Raising Minimum Wage
With momentum building at the federal and state level to increase hourly base pay, more than three-quarters of Americans (76%) say they would vote for raising the minimum wage to $9 per hour (it is currently $7.25) in a hypothetical national referendum, a five-percentage-point increase since March. About one-fifth (22%) […] Read more »
Senate Vote on Workplace Bias Against Gays a Test for the G.O.P.
A major test of how carefully Republicans can navigate the perilous intraparty politics of sexuality will come on Monday, when the Senate holds a crucial vote on a bill to outlaw workplace discrimination against gay men, lesbians and transgender people. … “If you’ve been told your entire career that Republican […] Read more »