Eight in 10 Americans, including large majorities across partisan lines, think that Donald Trump should cooperate if he is asked to be interviewed as part of the Russian investigation. Most also think the President should allow the investigation to continue rather than take steps to end it, including more than […] Read more »
Public Sees Better Year Ahead; Democrats Sharpen Focus on Midterm Elections
A majority of Americans say 2018 will be a better year than 2017, a shift from a year ago when public expectations were far less positive. The change has been driven almost entirely by Democrats, who are more likely than Republicans to cite this fall’s midterm elections as a reason […] Read more »
Most Americans want Robert Mueller to complete his Russia probe
One year into the Trump administration, just 19 percent of Americans say they have “a great amount” of confidence in the presidency and 8 percent have high confidence in Congress, according to the latest poll by the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist. The percentage of Americans with great confidence in […] Read more »
Survey of Millennials and ‘Gen Z’ Examines Beliefs on Gender, Race, Discrimination, and Political and Social Issues
A groundbreaking new survey from MTV and PRRI finds that young people age 15-24 believe social pressure to act masculine may be leading young men towards violent and sexually aggressive behavior. … The survey also found that seven in ten (70 percent) young Americans have personally seen or experienced discrimination […] Read more »
FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast: Oprah, Palace Intrigue And Nuclear War
The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast crew discusses all the talk about Oprah running for president in 2020, spurred by her speech at the Golden Globes. The team also debates the new book “Fire and Fury,” which raises questions about whether President Trump is mentally fit enough to serve. FiveThirtyEight Read more »
Republicans Push Government Agency Ratings Up, but Not FBI
Majorities of Americans now rate the job performance of eight of 13 key government agencies as “excellent” or “good”; the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) again tops the list with a 74% positive rating. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Secret Service trail the Postal Service as […] Read more »