As the public becomes increasingly confident that the pandemic is subsiding and the economy is on the mend, social issues are coming to the fore, and developments in two such areas—crime and abortion—could reshape the playing field for the 2022 midterm elections. When Joe Biden was sworn in as president, […] Read more »
One-third of Americans believe the country is headed in the right direction
Only one-third of Americans believe the country is headed in the right direction as the economy remains a top concern. President Biden’s approval rating is at 52% this week, with 44% disapproving. … Americans are still most concerned about the economy (19%), but increased concern over the health care system […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Growing number see Biden as too liberal
Voters have mixed views over whether the White House is proposing too much government spending, and a growing number think President Joe Biden is too liberal. That’s according to a new Fox News national survey released Wednesday. Forty-six percent say Biden is too liberal, up from 36 percent who felt […] Read more »
U.S. Satisfaction Stable as Economic Confidence Dips
Americans’ satisfaction with the way things are going in the U.S. is unchanged even as their confidence in the economy has shifted from slightly optimistic to slightly pessimistic. Thirty-six percent of Americans in May are satisfied with the way things are going, the third consecutive month the figure has topped […] Read more »
American Alienation
Close to half of all Americans have received at least one dose of the vaccine by now. We are getting closer to something resembling our old ways. … As the old issues fade away, “once and future” problems like immigration and social inequality come back from their long COVID slumber. […] Read more »
Heightened Racial Concern a Clear Legacy of Floyd’s Death
A year after George Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020, and the racial justice protests that followed, Americans continue to be more focused on race-related concerns than they were prior to those events. So far in 2021, 10% of U.S. adults, on average, have mentioned race relations, lack of racial […] Read more »