… It has been an active year at news surveys, and it’s about to get busier. We’ve already polled the American public on Hillary and Huckabee, on money and politics, on Obamacare and gay marriage. We’re planning many more polls about a range of political, economic and social issues this […] Read more »
Donald Trump and the Press: Why Coverage Matters
As journalists agonize over how to handle Donald Trump’s candidacy — searching for the signs of inevitable collapse after every new controversy — it’s worth recalling the case of another outsider who briefly led the primary polls: Herman Cain. CONT. Nate Cohn, New York Times Read more »
The Evolving Role of News on Twitter and Facebook
The share of Americans for whom Twitter and Facebook serve as a source of news is continuing to rise. This rise comes primarily from more current users encountering news there rather than large increases in the user base overall, according to findings from a new survey. The report also finds […] Read more »
2015 State of the First Amendment Survey
The State of the First Amendment survey, conducted each year since 1997 by the Newseum Institute’s First Amendment Center, tests Americans’ knowledge of their core freedoms and samples their opinions on First Amendment issues of the day. The 2015 survey questions covered topics including the use of Confederate flags on […] Read more »
Trust Differs Most by Ideology for Church, Police, Presidency
In the U.S., liberals and conservatives report markedly different levels of confidence in nearly every key institution Gallup measures, reflecting the general polarization that typifies the country today. The confidence gap — the difference between groups in levels of confidence for a particular institution — is largest for the presidency […] Read more »
To The Editor: Just say no to horse-race coverage
… Surveys can be useful for gauging what voters care about. But using them to predict elections has become a reckless addiction. Let’s get off them. Consumers of journalism can help. Every time you read, listen to or click on a predictive political story, you enable the angels of our […] Read more »