Partisan disputes among US policymakers seem to be growing by the week, whether on negotiations with Iran, immigration reform, or climate change. To what extent are these divisions unique to foreign policy leaders? How much do they also reflect polarization among the American public? To examine these questions, The Chicago […] Read more »
Trade Is a Striking Example of the Political Power of the Affluent
The Pacific Rim trade deal making its way through Congress is the latest step in a decades-long trend toward liberalizing trade — a somewhat mysterious development given that many Americans are skeptical of freer trade. But Americans with higher incomes are not so skeptical. They — along with businesses and […] Read more »
Free Trade Agreements Seen as Good for U.S., But Concerns Persist
As Congress considers a major new trade pact with Asia, there is broad public agreement that international free trade agreements are good for the United States. But fewer Americans express positive views of the impact of trade deals on their personal finances. CONT. Pew Read more »
Battleground 2016: Economic security, equal opportunity, and a fair shot at the American Dream
Celinda Lake, Daniel Gotoff & Matt Ogren, Lake Research Partners The findings from the most recent Battleground survey underscore the deep sense of anxiety and frustration that have defined the national mood for well over a decade now—anxiety over an economy that voters see as rigged against the interests of […] Read more »
What do Americans think about free trade? Not much.
We are witnessing a rare (these days) internecine fight in the Democratic Party over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a treaty that would liberalize trade relations between the United States and 11 other Pacific-rim countries. … But the TPP is a controversy on which Obama may be unusually free to ignore […] Read more »
Germany and the United States: Reliable Allies
Seven decades after the end of World War II and a quarter-century after the end of the Cold War, roughly seven-in-ten Americans see Germany as a reliable ally, and about six-in-ten Germans trust the United States, according to a Pew Research Center survey. A majority of Germans believe it is […] Read more »