Americans hold varying beliefs about the causes of inequality and the role of wealthy people in society. These stories largely break down along partisan lines. Democrats generally emphasize an unfair economy and the negative effects of wealth. Republicans commonly attribute economic fortunes to hard work and talent, and see wealthy […] Read more »
Many Rural Americans Struggle With Financial Insecurity, Access To Health Care
Polling by NPR finds that while rural Americans are mostly satisfied with life, there is a strong undercurrent of financial insecurity that can create very serious problems for many people living in rural communities. The findings come from two surveys NPR has done with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and […] Read more »
Four in Ten Rural Americans Report Problems Affording Medical Bills, Housing, or Food
According to a new NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health poll, although a majority of rural Americans are optimistic about having an impact on improving their local communities (62%), a substantial share also experience problems in areas that carry major consequences, including financial insecurity, trouble accessing […] Read more »
Public Opinion and Knowledge on Reproductive Health Policy
Kaiser Family Foundation has a long record of measuring the public’s attitudes on reproductive health care issues, including several in-depth surveys of women of reproductive age (between the ages of 18 and 44). In this poll, KFF examines public opinion towards many different facets of reproductive health care, with a […] Read more »
Americans Still Not Seeing Tax Cut Benefit
As Americans file their 2018 income taxes, they are now able to evaluate whether they benefited from the sweeping Republican-sponsored tax overhaul, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law in December 2017. The president touted the legislation, which included tax cuts for individuals and […] Read more »
Growing Partisan Divide Over Fairness of the Nation’s Tax System
As the April 15 tax deadline approaches, overall public views of the fairness of the nation’s tax system have changed only modestly since 2017, before passage of major tax legislation. However, partisan differences on tax fairness have increased considerably since then, and now are wider than at any point in […] Read more »