Most Americans don’t trust that Iran will abide by an eventual agreement to curtail its nuclear program and not develop an atomic weapon, according to an NBC News poll released on Thursday. CONT. NBC News Read more »
Americans, Japanese: Mutual Respect 70 Years After the End of WW II
Adversaries in World War II, fierce economic competitors in the 1980s and early 1990s, Americans and Japanese nonetheless share a deep mutual respect. About two-thirds of Americans trust Japan a great deal or a fair amount and three-quarters of Japanese say they trust the United States, according to a new […] Read more »
Climate Change, Tax Pledge Among Issues to Watch for 2016
Two issue positions show potential to carry unexpected clout in the 2016 presidential election — support for action to address climate change and opposition to a no-tax pledge, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds. Openness to political compromise also has the support, and the priority, to carry weight in […] Read more »
Americans Support Iran Talks, But Doubt They’ll Prevent A Weapon
Every politician likes to tout what they believe the “American People” want. As the debate over the Iran nuclear deal inevitably heads toward the meat grinder that is Congress, President Obama tried to preemptively frame that debate. And he claimed to have the “American people” on his side. … Polls, […] Read more »
Does the public really support Iran nuclear agreement it also thinks won’t work?
If we didn’t know better, we might read recent media poll results and think the American public is downright stupid. A new ABC/Washington Post poll claims that the public supports an “agreement” between the United States and other countries with Iran to limit Iran’s nuclear program, by a margin of […] Read more »
On Iran, public opinion reveals a supportive and skeptical America
For months, the American people have been signaling their willingness to enter into a nuclear deal with Iran—and their skepticism that the deal will work. In recent days, two new opinion surveys show that these sentiments have persisted as the negotiations with Iran have dragged on. CONT. William A. Galston, […] Read more »