Is the American public becoming less religious? Yes, at least by some key measures of what it means to be a religious person. An extensive new survey of more than 35,000 U.S. adults finds that the percentages who say they believe in God, pray daily and regularly go to church […] Read more »
The Sunny Perspective of an Influential Pollster
Stanley B. Greenberg was the senior pollster for President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and President Nelson Mandela. In America Ascendant: A Revolutionary Nation’s Path to Addressing Its Deepest Problems and Leading the 21st Century, he writes that despite Washington gridlock, the diversity […] Read more »
How Donald Trump Leverages America’s Fault Lines
Anyone who has spent any time analyzing public opinion and voting data from the last 20 or so years has seen the fault lines that Donald Trump is leveraging. The data is clear: Anxiety about those who are different, support for traditional American values and a resistance toward openness all […] Read more »
Outsiders Trump and Carson Draw Different GOP Crowds
Two unconventional candidates, businessman Donald Trump and former neurosurgeon Ben Carson, are leading the Republican presidential field. Both are often described together as political “outsiders.” But that label misses an important point: Each one appeals to a different segment of the GOP primary base. Mr. Carson is drawing support from […] Read more »
The GOP’s Culture War
… The NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, conducted jointly by Fred Yang of the Democratic polling firm of Hart Research and Republican Bill McInturff of Public Opinion Strategies, is one of my favorites. One thing that jumped out of their latest survey spells bad news for Republicans—and it’s only bound […] Read more »
GOP Candidates Culturally Out of Step with Most Americans
Republicans have many reasons for optimism about the 2016 presidential election, but the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released this week shows again that social issues may be their biggest obstacle in recapturing the White House next year. CONT. Ronald Brownstein, National Journal Read more »