Readers know I strongly support President Obama and may recall my tremendous respect, affection and admiration for Secretary of State John Kerry. When I find a public out of sync with their policies, it’s with a heavy heart. So it was with a recent poll we conducted on U.S. policy […] Read more »
State of the Union: The Public Weighs In on 10 Key Issues
President Barack Obama recommended a number of actions in his 2014 State of the Union address Tuesday. Some steps he will take using executive orders; others were requests for congressional legislative action. Gallup data reveal how Americans’ views line up with 10 of these issues. CONT. Frank Newport, Jeffrey M. […] Read more »
Americans Shift to More Positive View of Foreign Trade
Americans now hold a much more positive view of foreign trade than they have in recent years. Fifty-seven percent view trade as “an opportunity for economic growth through increased U.S. exports,” while 35% see it as “a threat to the economy from foreign imports.” During the prior two years, Americans […] Read more »
Americans Say Preventing Terrorism Top Foreign Policy Goal
Eighty-eight percent of Americans say preventing future acts of international terrorism should be a very important foreign policy goal of the U.S., top among nine issues. Americans also give a high priority to preventing the spread of nuclear weapons and to securing adequate energy supplies for the U.S. [cont.] Jeffrey […] Read more »
U.S. Public, Experts Differ on China Policies
With China a key foreign policy issue in the 2012 presidential contest, and both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney promising to “get tough” with the Asian power, the American public expresses both positive and negative views about China and U.S. policy towards it. [cont.] Pew Read more »
The biggest sin in business
… If there is a mortal sin in this economy, it is shipping American jobs overseas. Outsourcing is a dirty word, and one that Mitt Romney will be unable to shake. How dirty? Eighty-three percent of voters express an unfavorable view of companies that outsource jobs to China, with nearly […] Read more »