While both parties decry of the state of the economy and terrorism shows no signs of abating, President Obama’s job approval rating in every major poll out this month – NBC/Wall Street Journal, ABC/Washington Post, CNN and Bloomberg – is between 51 and 53 percent. The easiest explanation for his […] Read more »
How Immigration and Concerns about Cultural Change are Shaping the 2016 Election
… Americans remain firmly committed to an immigration policy that would allow illegal immigrants a way to become citizens, compared to other policy options. More than six in ten (61%) Americans say immigrants living in the U.S. illegally should be allowed a way to become citizens, provided they meet certain […] Read more »
Satisfaction With U.S. Direction Remains Low
Nearly three in 10 Americans (29%) are satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S., continuing the trend of low satisfaction levels since 2007. Americans’ satisfaction has averaged 24% across the 89 months of the Obama administration to date, well below the average 37% satisfaction level since Gallup […] Read more »
Anger Management
Americans are angry, say the cable TV pundits and armchair political observers. They are angry at a dysfunctional Washington, D.C. Angry at the out-of-touch political class. Angry at an out-of-control bureaucracy. The only problem with this argument is that, well, Americans aren’t actually any angrier at government today than they […] Read more »
5 numbers that mattered this week
Many of the nation’s top pollsters are gathered here this weekend — grappling with the significant changes in their industry, and how those shifts might impact their ability to survey voters accurately ahead of the most closely followed election in modern history. So for this week’s “5 Numbers” feature — […] Read more »
When Did Optimism Become Uncool?
… The country is, on the whole, in the best shape it’s ever been in. So what explains all the bad vibes? Social media and cable news, which highlight scare stories and overstate anger, bear part of the blame. So does the long-running decline in respect for the clergy, the […] Read more »