Americans More Worried About Health Than Economy, Oppose Socialism

The first wave of findings from our just completed national survey of 1,000 likely voters (+/- 3.1% at 95% C.I. taken between April 16 and 20), show more fully the dramatic extent of the unprecedented change in American voter public opinion due to the coronavirus great pandemic. Coronavirus health concerns […] Read more »

Conservatives believe they’re battling to save America’s soul by supporting Trump

Conservatives are preparing to wage political war against Democrats by painting them as socialists — and therefore un-American. That’s what I learned from my research at the 2019 and 2020 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the largest annual meeting of conservatives in the country, which took place this year from […] Read more »

Americans’ Reactions to the Word ‘Socialism’

The word “socialism” is likely to resonate throughout the 2020 election campaign, regardless of which candidate eventually gets the Democratic Party nomination. … What does the word “socialism” mean to the average American? Thanks to the reintroduction of the term into the political discourse by Sanders (and other politicians like […] Read more »

If Democrats Aren’t Terrified of Bernie, They’re Not Paying Attention

… At the heart of Sanders’s campaign is a hard-core socialist vanguard which is indifferent to the Democratic Party except as a potential vessel for the Bernie revolution. Their calculation is perfectly rational. Even if Sanders is likely to lose, the small chance of success is worth the risk to […] Read more »