Gallup data reveal how Americans’ views line up with 10 key issues raised by President Barack Obama in his 2015 State of the Union address Tuesday night. CONT. Frank Newport, Jeffrey M. Jones & Lydia Saad, Gallup Read more »
G.O.P. Turns to the Courts to Aid Agenda
As Republicans prepare to take full control of Congress on Tuesday, the party’s leaders are counting on judges, not their newly elected majority on Capitol Hill, to roll back President Obama’s aggressive second-term agenda and block his executive actions on health care, climate change and immigration. … As the new […] Read more »
White Christmas, Black Christmas
This week, approximately nine in 10 Americans will celebrate Christmas, in a wide variety of ways. Among Christians, the two groups who share the most in their approach to Christmas celebrations are white and minority evangelical Protestants. … But the grand-jury decisions in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York—where, in both […] Read more »
CNN / ORC Poll finds racial divide on police, justice system
There is a defined racial divide in America between how whites and non-whites view police and the criminal justice system, according to a CNN / ORC poll released Monday. More than half of white Americans – 57% – think none or almost none of the police in their area are […] Read more »
Most Americans Back Supreme Court on Gay Marriage — Including in the Affected States
Most Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll support the recent U.S. Supreme Court action allowing gay marriages to go forward in several states – including a bare majority in the 11 states in which such marriages have begun in the past week and a half. CONT. Ryan Struyk, […] Read more »
Americans’ Approval of Supreme Court Steady at 44%
As the Supreme Court begins a new term Monday, Americans’ opinions of the job it is doing remain about evenly divided, with 44% approving and 48% disapproving. The public’s views of the way the court is handling its job have generally been split since 2012. They were much more positive […] Read more »