American confidence in federal employees has stayed close to its relatively high post-shutdown level, according to a new nationwide poll of 1,000 registered voters just released by The George Washington University Battleground Poll. Nearly three-fourths of survey respondents had “a lot” (22 percent) or “some” confidence (51 percent) in federal […] Read more »
North Carolina’s Political and Economic Environment in 2014
With a critical midterm U.S. Senate election approaching — one that could help decide which party controls the upper chamber — about as many North Carolinians lean or identify Democratic (42%) as they do Republican (41%). This effective draw between the two major parties demonstrates the extent to which political […] Read more »
State by State: Key Metrics for 2014
Gallup’s unique daily interviewing, involving more than 350,000 completed interviews a year, along with Gallup’s 2013 50-state poll consisting of approximately 600 interviews in each state, provides the unique ability to measure the views of the residents of each state in the union on a wide variety of important measures. […] Read more »
Why the police are so politically powerful
… Police agencies have long been unusually politically powerful. Politicians never want to purposely alienate anyone, but they are particularly wary of crossing the cops. It’s clear why. First and foremost, the police are popular. … Americans have more confidence in the police than they do in organized religion. … […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Trust in government at all-time low
Four decades after President Richard Nixon resigned, a slight majority of Americans still consider Watergate a very serious matter, a new national survey shows. But how serious depends on when you were born. … The poll also indicates that the public’s trust in government is at an all-time low. CONT. Paul […] Read more »
Are you happy?
… While the U.S. is an exceptional country in many ways, we are not exceptionally happy, ranking 11th in the world, ahead of France, Germany, Qatar and Colombia but behind Denmark, Finland, Norway, the Netherlands and Canada. But beyond their individual personalities and genetic endowments, what makes some people happier […] Read more »