President Obama’s plan to sign an executive order on immigration, expected as early as this week, will meet more resistance than support, a new USA TODAY Poll finds. Close to half of those surveyed, 46%, say he should wait for the new Republican-controlled Congress to act, and another one in […] Read more »
High anxiety, low expectations as election nears
As Election Day nears, America is the Land of the Fearful. Voters are rattled by the Ebola virus, braced for years of conflict against the terrorist group Islamic State and still worried about jobs, a nationwide USA TODAY Poll finds. Two-thirds say the nation faces more challenging problems than usual; […] Read more »
More than half in UK and US do not think military involvement in Afghanistan worthwhile
The last UK combat troops have left Afghanistan, as polls suggest more than half of UK and US respondents do not think the operation was “worthwhile”. The BBC polls found that 68% in the UK said involvement was not worthwhile, while in the US, 51% said it was not. CONT. […] Read more »
Tea Party Republicans Highly Motivated to Vote in Midterms
Although the Tea Party has not been as visible in this year’s midterm elections as it was in 2010, Tea Party Republicans have given more thought to this year’s elections and are much more motivated to vote than are non-Tea Party Republicans or other Americans. About one in four Americans […] Read more »
Support for U.S. Campaign against ISIS; Doubts about Its Effectiveness, Objectives
The public continues to support the U.S. military campaign against Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria. But most Americans say the U.S. military effort against ISIS is not going well, and just 30% think the U.S. and its allies have a “clear goal” in taking military action. CONT. Pew Read more »
More Americans Back U.S. Ground Troops in ISIS Fight
More Americans now say that they believe U.S. military action against ISIS should include American combat troops on the ground, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. CONT. Carrie Dann, NBC News Read more »