This election season, Muslims face a slate of Republican candidates who demand curbs on immigration and compete over how tough they’d be on Islamic terrorism, if elected. But a new survey finds U.S. Muslims are looking at American society and its future much the same as their non-Muslim neighbors. Like […] Read more »
Gallup Finds Concerns Rising Over Global Warming and Nuclear Energy Solution
The climate appears to be changing in American attitudes about global warming. The evidence lies in the graph above from a new Gallup survey. This graph got far less attention this week than a much sharper year-on-year spike in worry and the highest level of belief (in 15 years of […] Read more »
Republicans Rejected Elite Agenda Along With Rubio
Marco Rubio’s crushing defeat Tuesday night in his home state of Florida not only smashed his presidential campaign, it also represented a revolt against the policy agenda of Republican elites and donors on which Rubio’s platform was modeled. CONT. Sahil Kapur, Bloomberg Politics Read more »
Super Tuesday 3 exit polls: Economic worries, feeling of GOP betrayal dominate
Voters in Tuesday’s contests expressed worries about the economy and a broad sense among Republicans that their party has betrayed them, according to early exit poll results. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta & Tom LoBianco, CNN Read more »
Twitter’s political debate focuses on much different issues than Americans at large do
A national Washington Post-ABC News poll earlier this month asked Americans what issue is most important in their vote — with no options provided — and found 28 percent naming the economy and jobs. That was followed by terrorism and foreign policy (12 percent), immigration (11 percent), ethics (8 percent) […] Read more »
Americans Name Economy, Government as Top Problems
The economy and dissatisfaction with the government, two issues regularly at the top of Gallup’s monthly most important problem list, rank as Americans’ top issues in March. Mentions of unemployment are in the double digits for a second consecutive month after hitting a seven-year low in January. CONT. Jeffrey M. […] Read more »