More than three quarters (78%) of U.S. adults either believe or aren’t sure about at least one of eight false statements about the COVID-19 pandemic or COVID-19 vaccines, with unvaccinated adults and Republicans among those most likely to hold misconceptions, a new KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor report shows. Nearly two-thirds […] Read more »
Decades before Trump’s election lies, McCarthy’s anti-communist fever gripped the GOP
… Most of what Republicans espouse as a unified minority in Congress comes straight from the party’s identical platforms for 2016 and 2020. But a glaring new feature has been added to the party’s agenda at the insistence of former President Donald Trump. Its adoption among Republican candidates and officeholders […] Read more »
Americans agree misinformation is a problem, poll shows
Nearly all Americans agree that the rampant spread of misinformation is a problem. Most also think social media companies, and the people that use them, bear a good deal of blame for the situation. But few are very concerned that they themselves might be responsible, according to a new poll […] Read more »
95 percent of those who view this article are brilliant and/or can read English
… Readers are constantly challenged to be discriminating when considering the information presented to them. That includes our own polling, certainly. But it is critical to consider who is polling on a subject and why they’re asking when a poll is sourced to a third-party group. Objective polling can illuminate […] Read more »
Opposition to U.S. Government Surveillance Grows
Americans have been consistently opposed to warrantless surveillance of phone calls and emails of American citizens for monitoring threats against the United States, but opposition to such surveillance outside of the country has increased over the past 10 years. Twenty years after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, less […] Read more »
Politics & Polls: Partisan Identity & Political Instability
How are partisan identity and misinformation connected? Sam Wang is joined by Brendan Nyhan to discuss misinformation, partisan identity, and the stability of America’s democratic norms. Princeton School of Public & International Affairs Princeton Policy Podcasts · #242: Partisan Identity & Political Instability (Brendan Nyhan) The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a […] Read more »