Although public opinion rarely determines the specifics of U. S. foreign policy, it typically defines the zone within which policies with public visibility can be sustained over time. Recent survey research has underscored a shift in Americans’ attitudes towards China that is far-reaching enough to sustain the most adversarial stance […] Read more »
Can this political moment of good feelings last?
In our partisan times, it’s hard to find polling results that go against the grain, so to speak. Over the past four years, then-President Trump’s position on any given issue cleaved public opinion along party lines, regardless of the merits. Democrats opposed opening schools simply because Education Secretary Betsy DeVos […] Read more »
Half of Republican men say they don’t want the vaccine. They’re mooching off the rest of us
Millions of elderly Americans are still hunting for appointments to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Millions of younger Americans are waiting impatiently for their turn in line. But there’s one group whose members are far more skeptical about the vaccine — and in some cases are actively refusing to get jabbed […] Read more »
Cuomo hasn’t resigned because he still has support from Democratic voters
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is fighting to stay in office. He’s resisting calls from several Democrats to resign after multiple women have come forward with allegations of sexual harassment. While Cuomo may eventually be impeached and removed from office, he’s unlikely to step down if his poll numbers continue […] Read more »
Vaccine hesitancy may not be why people of color are getting Covid shots at a lower rate
… America’s vaccination effort is among the best in the world. One of the few problems so far has been a racial inequity in who is receiving the vaccine. White Americans have received a disproportionate percentage of vaccinations compared with Black and Hispanic Americans. A lot of politicians have claimed […] Read more »
Bubbles, then and now
A paper by Jacob Brown and Ryan Enos is getting a good deal of attention. They find that there is partisan sorting even at the level of individual residences–that Democrats tend to have Democratic neighbors and Republicans tend to have Republican neighbors. Although the study is cross-sectional, they imply that […] Read more »