Although both Republicans and Democrats name dysfunctional government, the economy, and unemployment as top problems facing the country today, they attach different importance to other issues. Republicans and Republican-leaning independents are significantly more likely than Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents to say that immigration and moral decline are top problems in […] Read more »
Immigration – Public Opinion Realities and Policy Political Opportunities
A “friends and family” memo to Congress on the immigration issue by Kellyanne Conway, President & CEO of the polling company, inc./WomanTrend, shows that “Americans are more focused, and more opinionated on the issue of immigration than in recent years.” Some of the highlights: • 81% of voters support of […] Read more »
Fewer Workers in the U.S. Are Worried About Job Setbacks
Fewer than one in five U.S. full- and part-time workers currently worry that they will be laid off in the near future, down sharply from 29% last year. This marks a return of worker confidence to the upper end of the range Gallup saw in the years prior to the […] Read more »
Why an Improving Economy Isn’t Improving Obama’s Numbers
New polling from NBC/Wall Street Journal shows a public still struggling to regain its economic footing six years after the financial meltdown of 2008. Americans’ real economic distress is one reason why President Obama is not getting credit for a steadily dropping unemployment rate and improved economic growth. The other […] Read more »
Are you happy?
… While the U.S. is an exceptional country in many ways, we are not exceptionally happy, ranking 11th in the world, ahead of France, Germany, Qatar and Colombia but behind Denmark, Finland, Norway, the Netherlands and Canada. But beyond their individual personalities and genetic endowments, what makes some people happier […] Read more »
Latinos still feeling effects of recession
A new poll of Latino registered voters finds that over half of Latino households continue to be worried about unemployment, even as economists declare the recession is long over. A poll released today by the National Council of La Raza and Latino Decisions uncovers that Latino voters are still facing […] Read more »