In partnership with Univision and The Denver Post, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) today released a national survey of 1,000 Latino adults that relates the challenges and successes their families experience living in the United States. Latinos, ranging from new immigrants to long-time U.S. citizens, are keenly aware of discrimination […] Read more »
Senate Battleground Poll: Women’s Reproductive Health Remains an Electoral Priority
While the continuing economic struggles of everyday Americans played a central role in the 2014 election, protecting women’s access to health care, including abortion, played an important part as well. A new NARAL Pro-Choice America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund survey in four key Senate battleground states demonstrates that voters […] Read more »
Support for policies that promote families’ economic security
Following an election in which voters secured significant policy gains for working families through state and city ballot measures, poll results released today confirm that, by an overwhelming majority, voters nationwide support policies that promote their economic security such as paid sick days and paid family and medical leave. CONT. […] Read more »
Crunching the Numbers: When The Personal is Political – Women Voters and the Midterms
It’s become conventional wisdom to say “women voters” are a key this year. But if the “women’s vote” sounds like a very big group, that’s because it is; in fact, more than half the electorate. So we’ve got to dive deeper. Which groups of women, in particular, may be up […] Read more »
More Women Than Men in Workforce Are Irked by Pay
When asked to rate 13 different aspects of their job and work environment, women employed full time in the U.S. differed most from their male counterparts in reaction to their pay. Twenty-eight percent of full-time working women are completely satisfied with their pay, compared with 34% of men. CONT. Lydia […] Read more »
Americans Still Prefer a Male Boss to a Female Boss
Americans are still more likely to say they would prefer a male boss (33%) to a female boss (20%) in a new job, although 46% say it doesn’t make a difference to them. While women are more likely than men to say they would prefer a female boss, they are […] Read more »