With about a month to go before the first caucuses and primaries, the issue of economic inequality and how to tackle it remains a focal point in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, and it will likely continue to be a central issue in the general election. About six-in-ten […] Read more »
Want to know what will happen in 2020? Look to state polls for the answer
Before an election the media closely follows polls. Rob Crandall/Shutterstock.com Daniel R. Birdsong, University of Dayton Public opinion polls are ingrained in American politics. It seems like every day there is a new poll about the presidential election or impeachment or whether the public feels that the United States is […] Read more »
Climate change became a burning issue in the past decade, but also an opportunity
Reality bites. In the last few years, the intensity of extreme weather events and their cost for communities and economies has skyrocketed. … The drumbeat of climate-intensified natural disasters appears to have increased public certainty that climate change is real, man-caused and worrying. But more important, it has taken climate […] Read more »
Government Ranks as Top U.S. Problem for Third Year
For the third straight year, the government and certain domestic challenges have been at the forefront of Americans’ minds when asked to name “the most important problem facing the country today.” At the same time, economic and national security concerns have been conspicuously absent from the top mentions. CONT. Lydia […] Read more »
What Are Independent Voters’ Burning Issues?
After we recently wrote about the priorities of Democrats and Republicans using data from the Democracy Fund + U.C.L.A. Nationscape Project, readers had two main questions for us. The answers may provoke more questions. CONT. Lynn Vavreck (UCLA), John Sides (Vanderbilt) & Chris Tausanovitch (UCLA), New York Times Read more »
In a Politically Polarized Era, Sharp Divides in Both Partisan Coalitions
Partisanship continues to be the dividing line in the American public’s political attitudes, far surpassing differences by age, race and ethnicity, gender, educational attainment, religious affiliation or other factors. Yet there are substantial divisions within both parties on fundamental political values, views of current issues and the severity of the […] Read more »