On the latest episode of Poll Hub, we discuss the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that it is illegal to terminate a person’s employment based on his or her sexual orientation. Public opinion has been moving in that direction for decades. We discuss the significance of the Court’s decision in light […] Read more »
Record unhappiness reigns as Americans think something has gone awry in US
Americans are not happy. Just 14% say they’re very happy, according to a poll from NORC at the University of Chicago. That’s lowest since at least 1972. Why? It’s at least partially because they believe something is wrong with their country. That’s the key takeaway from the polling that has […] Read more »
U.S. National Pride Falls to Record Low
American pride has continued its downward trajectory reaching the lowest point in the two decades of Gallup measurement. The new low comes at a time when the U.S. faces public health and economic crises brought on by the coronavirus pandemic and civil unrest following the death of George Floyd in […] Read more »
Harvard Youth Poll: Joe Biden significantly leads Donald Trump
A new national poll of America’s 18- to 29- year-olds by the Institute of Politics (IOP) at Harvard Kennedy School finds that former Vice President Joe Biden significantly leads President Donald Trump all young Americans (+23), and his advantage among likely voters (+30) is comparable to what Senator Bernie Sanders […] Read more »
Partisan Antipathy: More Intense, More Personal
Three years ago, Pew Research Center found that the 2016 presidential campaign was “unfolding against a backdrop of intense partisan division and animosity.” Today, the level of division and animosity – including negative sentiments among partisans toward the members of the opposing party – has only deepened. … The survey […] Read more »
Patriotism’s Reshaping of the Parties and the 2020 Election
The meaning of patriotism in the United States was raised during a tense moment this summer, when President Donald Trump accused four ethnic minority women in Congress of “hating America” and inviting them to “leave it” if they “aren’t happy here,” after they challenged their Democratic Party leaders on immigration […] Read more »