Anonymous Twitter dog @nycsouthpaw made an interesting observation on Friday. Clinton won majorities among voters in the rust belt (and nationwide) who said the economy was their primary issue. https://t.co/O8lYvuoohW pic.twitter.com/T7BVkwET76 — southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) December 2, 2016 According to a broad swath of popular understanding, Donald Trump will be the […] Read more »
Public Remains Sharply Divided on Future of the Affordable Care Act
The first Kaiser Health Tracking Poll since the 2016 election finds that Americans are largely divided on the future of the Affordable Care Act even though many of the law’s major provisions remain quite popular across party lines. The new survey finds that one fourth (26%) of Americans want to […] Read more »
Low Marks for Major Players in 2016 Election – Including the Winner
For most voters, the 2016 presidential campaign was one to forget. Post-election evaluations of the way that the winning candidate, the parties, the press and the pollsters conducted themselves during the campaign are all far more negative than after any election dating back to 1988. The quadrennial post-election survey by […] Read more »
Economy, Elections Top Problems Facing U.S.
The economy and elections top the list of the nation’s most important problems in Gallup’s first post-election update of this question. Fourteen percent of Americans identify the economy as the most important problem, and 11% name elections or election reform. Prior to this year, “elections” has never been this high […] Read more »
Public Opinion’s Agenda and Trump: Economic Growth, Healthcare, Immigration, and Infrastructure
The Trump administration will face a public agenda which is mostly domestic in focus. The American public’s number one priority is jobs and the economy. Terrorism as a concern comes in second and is especially important among Republicans. CONT. Clifford Young, Ipsos Public Affairs Read more »
Trump and Brexit: why it’s again NOT the economy, stupid
For months, commentators have flocked to diagnose the ills that have supposedly propelled Trump’s support, from the Republican primaries until now. As in Britain, many have settled on a ‘left behind’ narrative – that it is the poor white working-class losers from globalization that have put Trump over the top. […] Read more »