On climate change, Republicans are open to some policy approaches, even as they assign the issue low priority

Climate change remains a low-priority issue for Americans who identify as Republican or lean toward the Republican Party. At the same time, Republicans express openness to certain policy proposals to deal with climate change. And there are differences in views within the GOP, with moderates and younger adults generally offering […] Read more »

Only one-third of Americans believe the country is headed in the right direction

Over half of Americans approve of President Biden’s performance in office but only one-third believe the country is heading in the right direction. Just over one-third of Americans believe the country is headed in the right direction, this is unchanged from two weeks ago when we previously asked this question. […] Read more »

Views on the Infrastructure Bill

Most Americans approve of how President Joe Biden is handling infrastructure and there is strong bipartisan support to include road, bridge, and port improvement and clean drinking water to the infrastructure bill being considered in Congress. Funding eldercare and affordable housing are also popular with the public but these features […] Read more »

President Biden’s approval remains steady with a little over half of Americans approving of his job in office

Overall, 53% of Americans approve of President Biden’s performance in office, and he gets the biggest approval on his handling of COVID-19, the environment, and racial inequality. Americans are most concerned about the economy (18%), the health care system (11%), crime or corruption (10%) and public health (9%). CONTINUED Chris […] Read more »

New polling shows Democrats alarmed about crime, too

… The increased salience of crime, as the rate of homicides and other incidents of violence skyrocket across the country, is now a threat to Democrats’ congressional majorities in next year’s midterms. The party’s left-wing activists advanced “defunding the police” as a campaign slogan throughout much of 2020, without much […] Read more »