Four percent of Americans currently mention terrorism as the most important problem facing the U.S. Although low on an absolute basis, it is the highest percentage naming this issue since May 2010. Mentions of terrorism have been near 1% for the past four years. CONT. Rebecca Riffkin, Gallup Read more »
There’s Something Happening Here, What It Is Ain’t Exactly Clear
For what it’s worth, Buffalo Springfield would probably be happy that a majority of voters say that there is something that upsets them enough that, if they could, they would carry a protest sign for a day. Fully 57% in the August WSJ/NBC survey said they would carry a protest […] Read more »
Republicans More Focused on Immigration as Top Problem
Although both Republicans and Democrats name dysfunctional government, the economy, and unemployment as top problems facing the country today, they attach different importance to other issues. Republicans and Republican-leaning independents are significantly more likely than Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents to say that immigration and moral decline are top problems in […] Read more »
The economy is less of a concern
The state of the economy continues to be Americans’ minds, and relatively few think it is getting better. More say it’s getting worse than it is improving, even though Americans increasingly recognize that the jobless rate is lower than it was when President Obama first took office. One bright spot: […] Read more »
In One America, Guns and Diet. In the Other, Cameras and ‘Zoolander.’
… This summer, The Upshot conducted an analysis of every county in the country to determine which were the toughest places to live, based on an index of six factors including income, education and life expectancy. Afterward, we heard from Hal Varian, the chief economist at Google, who suggested looking […] Read more »
Reason-Rupe Poll: 42% Think Obama Has Expanded Presidential Power Too Much
As President Barack Obama orders airstrikes in Iraq and considers taking executive action on immigration, the latest Reason-Rupe national telephone poll finds that 42 percent of Americans feel he has expanded the power of the presidency “too much” during his time in office. Twenty-one percent of Americans do not think […] Read more »