There’s been a change in what voters want from Washington. The latest Fox News survey asks which of two messages voters would send to the federal government: “lend me a hand” or “leave me alone.” A majority of 52% would ask Washington to “lend me a hand,” up from 44% […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Polarization defines the midterm election
When inflation and crime are voters’ biggest concerns – and the economy and the president are rated negatively – it seems safe to predict the incumbent party will get punished at the ballot box. But political polarization and the Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade may spare Democrats a trouncing […] Read more »
Modest Declines in Positive Views of ‘Socialism’ and ‘Capitalism’ in U.S.
The American public continues to express more positive opinions of “capitalism” than “socialism,” although the shares viewing each of the terms positively have declined modestly since 2019. Today, 36% of U.S. adults say they view socialism somewhat (30%) or very (6%) positively, down from 42% who viewed the term positively […] Read more »
Deconstructing Americans’ Views of Socialism, Capitalism
… A fairly constant four in 10 Americans have held a favorable view of socialism across six surveys conducted by Gallup since 2010, while a similarly constant six in 10 have held favorable opinions of capitalism. A little more than half of those who hold a favorable opinion of socialism […] Read more »
Lessons on Latino Voters
Since the 2020 election, there has been a significant re-evaluation of Latino voters’ partisan leanings and policy preferences. These voters — long assumed to be a permanent part of the Democratic coalition — supported Pres. Trump in larger numbers than expected. A “post-mortem” report, released this week by Equis Research, […] Read more »
2020 Post-Mortem (Part Two): The American Dream Voter
Today Equis is releasing Part Two of a post-mortem on the Latino vote in the 2020 election. … In Part One, we attempted to document the nature and composition of the gains that Donald Trump made with a small subset of Hispanic voters. In the sequel, we use new research, […] Read more »