As President Donald Trump prepares for his first presidential trip to Asia, Americans are more likely than they were in September to think North Korea can be contained without resorting to military action. Meanwhile President Trump gets strong approval from rank-and-file Republicans and most Republicans also say they like how […] Read more »
America’s Top Fears 2017
The Chapman University Survey of American Fears Wave 4 (2017) provides an in-depth examination into the fears of average Americans. In May of 2017, a random sample of 1,207 adults from across the United States were asked their level of fear about eighty different fears across a huge variety of […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Changing concerns on US security
Americans’ perceptions of national security threats have changed dramatically. A new Fox News poll of voters nationwide finds: The number that sees rogue nations like North Korea as the greatest threat to the U.S. has nearly tripled in less than a year. Worries about a nuclear attack on the U.S. […] Read more »
The Politics of Grief and the Forever War: Who Speaks for the Fallen?
Dead American soldiers became the objects of highly visible and ongoing contest this week – over the ways and means of grieving America’s fallen. In fact, the events discussed in this short post mark only the latest phase and an escalation in tensions between dominant and challenging bodies over the […] Read more »
Democrats erase national security trust gap with Trump
A new poll by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner shows a 55- 45% majority of registered voters trust Democrats in Congress more than Donald Trump to handle America’s national security. This represents a huge 18-point swing toward Democrats since March, when a 54-46% majority said they trusted Trump more. CONT. Greenberg Quinlan […] Read more »
Americans feel tax reform plans would favor wealthy
The latest CBS News Nation Tracker finds that most Americans continue to call for deals and cooperation in the back-and-forth between the president and Congress. And that includes many of the president’s strongest backers and most Republicans. Some even want to see Congress assert itself more. Most do not want […] Read more »