This column takes its name from its intention: it aims to explore the fault lines in American society and politics. It is not designed to illuminate politics from the inside out, with tales of backroom maneuvering. Instead its goal is to track American politics from the outside in. It aspires […] Read more »
Americans More Positive About Effects of Immigration
Americans are more positive now than a decade ago about the effects that immigration has on the U.S. This increase in positivity is seen across six different aspects of life in the U.S., spanning the economy, culture and jobs situation. CONT. Justin McCarthy, Gallup Read more »
Varieties of Trumpism
… Much of Trump’s support came from voters who were reacting to value-laden cultural themes. Democrats should not, and need not, compromise our values to bring back some of these voters, but we do need to be conscious of what we say and how we say it. Understanding how to […] Read more »
GOP fails to compromise
… In a survey we conducted, 69 percent of those who voted for Republicans for Congress admired “political leaders who stick to their positions” over those “who make compromises.” Just 31 percent preferred leaders willing to make compromises. Voters who supported Democrats presented nearly a mirror image. Sixty-seven percent admired […] Read more »
Views of US Moral Values Slip to Seven-Year Lows
Americans’ ratings of U.S. moral values, consistently negative through the years, have slipped to their lowest point in seven years. More than four in five (81%) now rate the state of moral values in the U.S. as only fair or poor. CONT. Jim Norman, Gallup Read more »
Americans Hold Record Liberal Views on Most Moral Issues
Americans continue to express an increasingly liberal outlook on what is morally acceptable, as their views on 10 of 19 moral issues that Gallup measures are the most left-leaning or permissive they have been to date. The percentages of U.S. adults who believe birth control, divorce, sex between unmarried people, […] Read more »