… For American teens, making friends isn’t just confined to the school yard, playing field or neighborhood – many are making new friends online. Fully 57% of teens ages 13 to 17 have made a new friend online, with 29% of teens indicating that they have made more than five […] Read more »
The Problems of Success
Residents of Austin, Texas, one of the nation’s most economically dynamic communities, are optimistic about the region’s future growth—and uneasy about its implications, a new Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor Poll has found. Fully 3-in-5 residents of Austin and its surrounding area believe that the region’s economy will be stronger in […] Read more »
5 charts on America’s (very positive) image in Africa
… Our 2015 survey found mostly positive ratings for the U.S. around the globe, but they were especially high in Africa – across the nine nations surveyed in the region, a median of 79% expressed a favorable opinion of the U.S., while just 10% had an unfavorable view. CONT. Richard […] Read more »
Americans, Politics and Science Issues
One of the key trends in public opinion over the past few decades has been a growing divide among Republicans and Democrats into ideologically uniform “silos.” A larger share of the American public expresses issue positions that are either consistently liberal or conservative today than did so two decades ago, […] Read more »
Why Don’t the Poor Rise Up?
… Society has drastically changed since the high-water mark of the 1930s and 1960s when collective movements captured the public imagination. Now, there is an inexorable pressure on individuals to, in effect, fly solo. There is very little social support for class-based protest – what used to be called solidarity. […] Read more »
Customer Satisfaction With TV, Internet and Phone Service at 7-Year Low, Study Finds
Americans have long expressed dissatisfaction with their cable and Internet service. This year, they seem to have grown even more dissatisfied. The American Customer Satisfaction Index released on Tuesday the results of its latest study on customer satisfaction with cable TV, Internet and phone service providers, saying that the results […] Read more »