A new Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds that 44% of adults approve of the job the U.S. Supreme Court is doing, while 56% disapprove. This is a slight decline from January, when 47% approved and 53% disapproved. Approval of the Court’s work hit a low of 38% in […] Read more »
America Pulls Back From Values That Once Defined It, WSJ-NORC Poll Finds
Patriotism, religious faith, having children and other priorities that helped define the national character for generations are receding in importance to Americans, a new Wall Street Journal-NORC poll finds. The survey, conducted with NORC at the University of Chicago, a nonpartisan research organization, also finds the country sharply divided by […] Read more »
Majorities of Americans Approve of Citizens and Elected Officials Speaking Their Minds on Politics, but Not Public School Teachers
Majorities of Americans are supportive of fellow citizens, members of Congress, and professional athletes speaking their minds about politics, but not public school teachers in the classroom – according to the newest edition of the Grinnell College National Poll. The findings of the poll, conducted March 14–19, 2023, by Selzer […] Read more »
Biden Favorability Leads Trump, Other Potential Candidates Tested
The newest Grinnell College National Poll shows that President Joe Biden’s job approval numbers have risen slightly, but he remains underwater less than two years before the 2024 election. Thirty-nine percent of Americans approve of the job Mr. Biden is doing as president (up from 36% in September of 2022), […] Read more »
Republicans’ views of the US have become more pessimistic, polling shows
Heading into the next presidential election, an analysis of CNN polls shows that Republicans have reverted to the deeply negative national outlook they held prior to Donald Trump’s presidential victory in 2016. They again are convinced the nation is in decline, and more often defensive against demographic and cultural changes […] Read more »
Why ‘MAGA’ is so appealing to older Republicans
… In the 2016 election, Trump leveraged concerns among older Republicans about the changing demography of the United States to his benefit. His slogan — make America great again — was not specifically about race, but it incorporated a sense that America had declined as it also was less disproportionately […] Read more »