Few Americans expect to be debating politics over the cranberry sauce and candied yams on Thanksgiving, according to a new survey by The AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. About half of people say the dinner conversation is not likely to turn to the news coming out of Washington these […] Read more »
Most Americans dreading talk of politics at Thanksgiving dinner
A majority of U.S. adults say they “dread the thought of having to talk about politics at Thanksgiving dinner,” according to a new poll from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist. The poll found that 58 percent of Americans dread talking politics while 31 percent said they were eager to […] Read more »
Americans Say To Pass The Turkey, Not The Politics, At Thanksgiving This Year
Most Americans don’t want their family members to pass along their political opinions while passing the turkey and dressing this Thanksgiving. According to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, 58 percent of people celebrating the holiday are dreading having to talk politics around the dinner table. Just 31 percent said they […] Read more »
Do Americans support free speech on college campuses? Absolutely. Except sometimes.
Over the past several years, many campus speeches have been objected to, shouted down, or even disrupted by violence. Often the speeches were by deliberate provocateurs, but some were by policymakers or accomplished scholars. As a result, countless op-eds, events, and even congressional hearings have debated whether college campuses welcome […] Read more »
Rising concerns about American democracy
Our October 2017 survey results demonstrate rising concerns about American democracy over the past month. From September to October, ratings worsened on every dimension except civil violence. Further, democracy experts still see American political behavior in 2017 as firmly outside the norm for consolidated democracies. On average, experts rate a […] Read more »
The State of Free Speech and Tolerance in America
Nearly three-fourths (71%) of Americans believe that political correctness has done more to silence important discussions our society needs to have. A little more than a quarter (28%) instead believe that political correctness has done more to help people avoid offending others. CONT. Emily Ekins, Cato Institute Read more »