A majority of Americans say they have intentionally bought a product because they thought it was better for the environment than the alternatives. Yet when it comes to other ways to “help” the environment, including contacting a business to complain about harmful business practices and buying stocks or bonds based […] 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 »
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 »
Parties of the Left, Wake Up!
Center-left parties in America and Europe are struggling. They are struggling for three reasons: First, they have failed to offer a credible response to the period of prolonged income stagnation and growing inequality; second, they have become part of the political-business-elite accommodation that the public views as corrupt; and third, […] Read more »
The Biggest Losers in Trump’s Potential Trade War
If Donald Trump’s aggressive moves on the international economy spark a trade war, the American communities that will lose the most in absolute terms are the giant metropolitan areas, largely along the two coasts, that are most deeply integrated into global markets. But in proportional terms, the biggest losers from […] Read more »
5 Ways America Changed During the Obama Years
American public opinion changed in significant ways over the course of Barack Obama’s eight years in the White House, including on issues such as the economy, race relations, and the level of confidence the public has in different aspects or actors in the government. Many of these changes were the […] Read more »