The economy is in bad shape, and people are generally bummed about the direction of the country. Only one in five American voters rates the economy positively: 2 percent “excellent” and 19 percent “good,” according to a new Fox News Poll. CONT. Dana Blanton, Fox News Read more »
Trump’s Support Would Be Easier To Explain With Better Polling
… Asking people who they are going to vote for is one thing; understanding why is another. Polls and surveys give valuable hints, but they often fail to explain results on Election Day, let alone predict them. Now a group of researchers think that economic theory might point the way […] Read more »
How Health Care Factors Into the Presidential Campaign
Health care has faded into the background of the election campaign as Donald Trump himself has become the issue on the Republican side and the debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders over health care has shifted to other topics. Health wasn’t even listed among the “most important issues” Republican […] Read more »
American Attitudes toward Substance Use in the United States
More Americans now die every year from drug overdoses than they do in motor vehicle accidents, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The rise of heroin-related deaths has been particularly sharp. In a recent poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, few […] Read more »
Is There a Health Care Vote? More for Democrats and Women than Other Groups
Health care is one of many issues that will be important for voters in the presidential election, particularly for Democrats and women, finds the March Kaiser Health Tracking Poll. More than a third (36%) of voters consider health care “extremely important” to their vote in this year’s presidential election, ranking […] Read more »
Worry About Terror Attacks in U.S. High, but Not Top Concern
Before the terrorist attacks Tuesday that killed at least 30 in Brussels, 48% of Americans worried “a great deal” about the possibility of future terrorist attacks in the U.S. While this percentage is higher than in most years since 2004, a possible terrorist attack was not Americans’ top concern. CONT. […] Read more »