A new survey released today by PRRI finds almost one-third (31 percent) of Californians are in the workforce and yet are still struggling with poverty. The survey maps how this group struggles to cover basic housing and healthcare expenses, and how these individuals are more likely than workers who are […] Read more »
Four in 10 Workers Think They Are Underpaid
Forty-three percent of U.S. workers think they are underpaid, 50% say they are paid about right and 5% think they are overpaid. The percentage saying they are underpaid is the same as it was eight years ago, the last time Gallup asked the question — a time when unemployment was […] Read more »
Two-thirds of Americans Don’t Want the Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade
As President Trump prepares to make a new Supreme Court nomination, new polling from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that two-thirds (67%) of the public do not want the Supreme Court to overturn the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade decision that established women’s constitutional right to abortion. Fielded this month […] Read more »
More Americans view long-term decline in union membership negatively than positively
The number of Americans represented by labor unions has decreased substantially since the 1950s, and a new Pew Research Center survey finds that the decline is seen more negatively than positively by U.S. adults. The survey also finds that 55% of Americans have a favorable impression of unions, with about […] Read more »
Teachers Find Public Support as Campaign for Higher Pay Goes to Voters
After shutting down schools and shaking up politics in six states, teachers are looking to the ballot box in their campaign for better pay and increased school funding. And their demands are meeting with widespread public support. A survey conducted in early May for The New York Times by the […] Read more »
Americans’ Views on New Immigrants Have Improved Significantly Since Trump Became President
President Trump’s harder stance on immigration may be at odds with Americans’ significantly improved perceptions of new immigrants since he became President, according to a recent Bucknell Institute for Public Policy (BIPP) national survey. The nationally representative survey, conducted by YouGov for Bucknell from March 26-April 1, found that perceptions […] Read more »