With his call for blocking Muslims from entering the United States, Donald Trump may be tapping into deep concern among Republican voters about allowing Middle Eastern immigrants into the country, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. In particular, a majority of Republicans see a high risk that refugees from […] Read more »
Donald Trump’s call to ban Muslims from coming to the U.S. has a very bad poll at its center
At 4:16 p.m. Monday afternoon, Donald Trump reached an inevitable new nadir in his campaign’s fixation on the Islamic State and Muslim immigrants. In a statement released to the press, Trump demanded “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States” — refugees, visitors, anything. … In the […] Read more »
Most Americans Say Send Ground Troops to Fight ISIS
With President Barack Obama set to address the nation on ISIS and terrorism tonight, a new CNN/ORC Poll finds Americans increasingly displeased with the President’s handling of terrorism and more willing to send U.S. ground troops into the fight against ISIS. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Read more »
Public Split On Biggest Worry — Terrorism vs. Gun Violence
As President Barack Obama is set to address the public after the terrorist shootings in San Bernardino, Calif., Americans are split on their biggest worry — with 36 percent saying it’s a terrorist attack and 31 percent saying it’s gun violence in general, according to a new MSNBC/Telemundo/Marist poll. CONT. […] Read more »
American Public Opinion and Guns
After the horrific mass shooting in California on Wednesday that resulted in 14 victims being killed, President Barack Obama called again for new gun control measures, saying, “There are some steps we could take not to eliminate every one of these mass shootings, but to improve the odds that they […] Read more »
Will Democrats cave in the battle over Syrian refugees?
As the battles over funding the government heat up on Capitol Hill, it’s worth returning to a question that first surfaced just after the Paris attacks: Will Democrats cave in the battle over whether to admit the Syrian refugees? A Democratic pollster is circulating new polling among Hill Democrats designed […] Read more »