For all their sharp differences, supporters of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have one thing in common: election-related stress. Nearly half of likely voters in an ABC News tracking poll, 46 percent, describe the election as a source of stress in their lives, including roughly equal numbers of Clinton and […] Read more »
Americans’ Health Assessments Worsen During Obama Years
Americans’ self-assessments of overall health have slipped since 2008. Currently, 19.0% of U.S. adults report that their health is “excellent,” compared with 22.6% in 2008, before President Barack Obama took office. CONT. Dan Witters & Diana Liu, Gallup Read more »
Fifty States of Anxiety
Feeling worried? These days, much of America is. Over the past eight years, Google search rates for anxiety have more than doubled. They are higher this year than they have been in any year since Google searches were first tracked in 2004. … Over the past few weeks, I’ve taken […] Read more »
Most Say Federal, State Governments Not Doing Enough to Combat Prescription Painkiller, Heroin Abuse
As the White House and Congress continue to debate new funding and other actions to address the nation’s opioid epidemic, the latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds that most Americans believe the federal government is not doing enough to combat the recent increases in the number of people who are […] Read more »
Views on Gun Control: A Polling Summary
The president’s executive actions on gun control target policy elements – background checks and mental health access – that have received broad public backing. Gun control more generally, though, has seen declining support recently. CONT. Gary Langer, ABC News Recent polls: Guns Read more »
Americans Blame Congress and Veterans Affairs for Poor Care of Veterans
Republicans and Democrats rarely agree on anything these days, but as the nation prepares to celebrate its bravest, Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind finds that the vast majority of all Americans believe the United States is shortchanging its veterans. CONT. Fairleigh Dickinson University Read more »