The enduring appeal of Donald Trump to Republican voters has confounded the Republican establishment. Yet Trump understands Republican voters far better than the GOP elite does, in part because he recognizes where established leaders are out of touch with base voters. In 2014, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, an […] Read more »
Majority opposes increased numbers of refugees, but …
A majority of Americans do not believe that the United States should allow more refugees into the country, according to an Exclusive Point Taken-Marist Poll. However, about half of Americans think the United States has a moral obligation to aid refugees and do not think they pose a significant threat […] Read more »
Americans support Apple over Feds in privacy debate
Apple is gaining ground in winning the hearts and minds of the American public in the battle with the federal government over encryption. A CNBC survey conducted before the Justice Department dropped its court order bid against the tech giant to unlock a terrorist’s iPhone found that 57 percent of […] Read more »
Donald Trump leads in California primary race but threatens a GOP fracture
Riding a rebellion fueled by opposition to illegal immigration and pessimism about the nation’s future, Donald Trump leads a scrambling duo of competitors less than three months before California’s Republican presidential primary, a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times statewide poll has found. CONT. Cathleen Decker, Los Angeles Times Read more »
Past Terrorist Attacks Helped Trump Capitalize On Anti-Muslim Sentiment
Before President Obama made a statement on the terrorist attacks in Brussels today, presidential contender Donald Trump had already weighed in: first on Twitter and then on Fox News and NBC, which interviewed him by phone. Trump would “close up our borders” in response to Brussels, he said in the […] Read more »
CBS News poll: Americans split on unlocking San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone
Americans are divided over whether or not Apple should unlock the iPhone of one of the suspects in the San Bernardino terrorist attack. … In a CBS News/New York Times poll, 50 percent of the more than 1,000 people surveyed said Apple should unlock the phone, though nearly as many, […] Read more »