Heading into Tuesday’s critical midterm elections, Democrats retain their advantage in the battle for the House, but Republicans could be buoyed by increasingly positive assessments of the economy and by President Trump’s harsh focus on the issues of immigration and border security, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News national […] Read more »
Top Issues for Voters: Healthcare, Economy, Immigration
Healthcare, the economy and immigration top a list of issues that voters consider important to their vote for Congress this year. Other issues that at least seven in 10 voters rate as “extremely” or “very” important include the treatment of women in U.S. society, gun policy and taxes. The investigation […] Read more »
What Americans Want Their Government to Do Now
A good deal of the focus in the runup to the 2018 midterm elections centers on broad political and social currents — feelings about President Donald Trump, generalized cultural differences, nationalism versus globalism, and the highly politicized partisan acrimony to which we have become accustomed. But there are issues that […] Read more »
Abortion May Be Mobilizing More Democratic Voters Than Republicans Now
The partisan struggle over abortion has been an enduring feature of American politics. But the parties have not prioritized it equally — the issue has consistently animated Republican voters more than Democrats. Two new surveys, however, reveal a remarkable shift in how important the issue of abortion is to Democrats […] Read more »
Trump-Driven Polarization Reflects Divergent Views of America’s Future
Days before the 2018 midterm elections, a wide-ranging new survey from PRRI finds that partisans see two entirely different American futures. The survey shows Republicans’ vision for the country’s future is increasingly distant from the vision largely shared by Democrats and independents. And in the religious landscape, white evangelicals’ vision […] Read more »
Deep gender divide over Trump could influence the 2018 midterms, poll says
Men and women continue to be deeply divided on President Donald Trump’s job performance in the final weeks of the 2018 midterms, according to the latest national survey from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist — a gap that could influence key races widely seen as a referendum on the […] Read more »