President Donald Trump says it will “be easy” to reform the tax system, at least by comparison to replacing Obamacare. The White House told Axios, the political-news website, that it’s well prepared to roll out a big tax-reform launch in late summer that’s already gaining support from corporate executives and […] Read more »
Americans Feel Good About the Economy, Not So Good About Trump
Almost six months into Donald Trump’s presidency, Americans are feeling fairly optimistic about their jobs, the strength of the U.S. economy, and their own fortunes. That should be welcome news for the president, except for one thing: The public’s confidence largely appears to be in spite of Trump, not because […] Read more »
More Americans Say Immigrants Help Rather Than Hurt Economy
Five months into Donald Trump’s presidency, 49% of U.S. adults believe immigrants help the nation’s economy by providing low-cost labor, outweighing the 40% who think immigrants hurt the economy by driving down wages. This is a near reversal of the last time Gallup asked this question, in 2005, when more […] Read more »
Americans More Positive About Effects of Immigration
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 »
More Say Government Is the Most Important Problem
One in four Americans (25%) say the most important problem facing the U.S. is government, putting it at the top of the list of their concerns for June. CONT. RJ Reinhart, Gallup Read more »
Can the Democratic Party Find New Voters?
The relentless focus on the white working class in the aftermath of the election of President Trump has overshadowed a much larger bloc of voters, the roughly 65 million service sector workers whose partisan loyalty is up for grabs. This immense and diverse employment sector is set to become a […] Read more »