Americans largely approve of the thawing relationship between the United States and Cuba, with most thinking the U.S. should lift its longstanding trade embargo against the island nation, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. CONT. Emily Swanson, AP Read more »
Americans’ Views on 10 Key State of the Union Proposals
Gallup data reveal how Americans’ views line up with 10 key issues raised by President Barack Obama in his 2015 State of the Union address Tuesday night. CONT. Frank Newport, Jeffrey M. Jones & Lydia Saad, Gallup Read more »
Changing Coalitions: Will GOP Have to Toss Its Medicare Plan?
More gray. Less green. Continuing the reversal of historic political alignments, House Republicans in the new Congress represent most districts with the highest share of seniors–as well as a narrow majority of seats where the median income lags below the national average, a Next America analysis has found. This counterintuitive […] Read more »
Poll Finds Agenda Gap Between Leaders, American People
Republicans are trying to burnish their party’s image–and Congress’–by promising to “get things done” now that the GOP controls both the House and Senate. But a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows that the public doesn’t care much about some of the first things the GOP, or President Barack […] Read more »
Most Support Stronger U.S. Ties With Cuba
Fully 63% of Americans approve of the Obama administration’s decision last month to re-establish diplomatic ties with Cuba after more than 50 years. And there is equally broad support for going further and ending the decades-long U.S. trade embargo against Cuba (66% favor this). Yet there is broad public skepticism […] Read more »
Most support ending the embargo on Cuba
Americans in Economist/YouGov Polls conducted in the last four years have supported travel, trade and even diplomatic relations with Cuba, and the President’s initiative to improve U.S. relations towards the Castro-led regime in Havana hasn’t changed those opinions. And while Republicans are less likely to support all these options, about […] Read more »