Drawing on a nationally representative survey (N = 1,114; including 966 registered voters), this report describes how American registered voters — Republicans, Democrats, and Independents — view global warming, personal and collective action, and climate policies. … Nearly three in four registered voters (74%) think global warming is happening. This […] Read more »
3 Reasons That State Of The Union Speeches Don’t Matter
It took a while, but President Trump’s second State of the Union address is finally here. … 1. The speeches don’t affect approval ratings muchState of the Union addresses are generally meant as laundry lists of legislation for Congress to pursue — not soaring examples of oratory like presidential acceptance […] Read more »
What matters to Democratic voters in 2020? Defeating Trump.
The 2020 Democratic presidential contenders are already discussing the issues that will help to determine who wins the party’s nomination. But rather than one policy issue such as health care or foreign policy, polling is making it clear that something else will be key to success in the primary: President […] Read more »
Why Trump is more likely to incite people than persuade them tonight
… Halfway through his first term, Trump has engraved extraordinarily deep — and stable — lines of division in the public about his priorities, policies and personality. Though cheered by a passionate and seemingly immovable base of supporters, he has become the first president in the history of modern polling […] Read more »
Republicans and Democrats have grown further apart on what the nation’s top priorities should be
Republicans and Democrats have long held differing views about policy solutions, but throughout most of the recent past there was rough partisan agreement about the set of issues that were the top priorities for the nation. However, that is less and less the case. Republicans and Democrats have been moving […] Read more »
State of the Union 2019: How Americans see major national issues
Following a political standoff that briefly delayed his annual speech to the nation, President Donald Trump will deliver his second State of the Union address on Tuesday night. The speech comes amid a debate between Trump and congressional Democrats over border security – one that recently led to the longest […] Read more »