Less than six weeks before November’s midterm elections, Democrats lead Republicans by more than 20 points among Latino voters, but that Democratic advantage has declined from previous election cycles, according to a new national NBC News/Telemundo poll of the Latino electorate. The poll also finds Latino voters are essentially divided […] Read more »
Why have so many Americans come to mistrust the Supreme Court?
The Supreme Court opens its 2022 term on Oct. 3 with its lowest public approval rating in modern history, which the justices are acutely aware of. One reason is that the court issued some highly controversial decisions last term — most notably, the Dobbs ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. […] Read more »
Supreme Court Seen As Out Of Touch
The U.S. Supreme Court begins its new session on Monday with a majority of Americans saying it is out of touch with the country. The Monmouth University Poll finds that decidedly negative views of the court which formed after news leaked about the Dobbs abortion decision continue to hold. The […] Read more »
The public’s opinion on religion in sports
More people approve than disapprove of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling to allow a high school football coach to pray on the field. More than 6 in 10 think a coach leading a team in prayer, a player leading a team in prayer, or a coach praying on the field […] Read more »
Supreme Court Trust, Job Approval at Historical Lows
Forty-seven percent of U.S. adults say they have “a great deal” or “a fair amount” of trust in the judicial branch of the federal government that is headed by the Supreme Court. This represents a 20-percentage-point drop from two years ago, including seven points since last year, and is now […] Read more »
Abortion impact on elections
Issues are the accepted language of political campaigning. But rarely, if ever, has a single issue so transformed the political landscape in the weeks before an election as abortion seems to have done this year. In a country that generally supports abortion rights but has long been falsely confident that […] Read more »