Voters Are Cool to Making Post Offices Serve As Banks, Too
Voters feel good about the U.S. Postal Service but aren’t sure they want to expand its job description to include banking services as prominent Democrats are proposing.
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May 23, 2019
May 22, 2019
67% of Democrats Think U.S. Has 12 Years to Fight Global Warming - Or Else
Voters tend to agree with Senator Bernie Sanders that America will be in big trouble very soon if it doesn’t aggressively tackle climate change, even though they question the integrity of politicians who champion the issue.
May 16, 2019
Americans Are More Comfortable with Existing Infrastructure
Repairing America’s infrastructure may be the only thing President Trump and congressional Democrats can agree on, but Americans aren’t nearly as worried about the country’s roads and bridges these days. They’re still not overly enthusiastic about paying for any repairs anyway.
May 3, 2019
Voters Say Trump’s Impeachment, Removal from Office Bad for Economy
Democrats remain convinced that President Obama is largely responsible for the economic boom that followed Donald Trump’s election, but voters in general agree that Trump’s impeachment would be bad news for the U.S. economy.
April 30, 2019
Hillary Misses Her Presidency More Than Voters Do
Hillary Clinton’s back in the news, claiming once again that she was robbed in the 2016 election and that President Trump should be impeached. But voters don’t see a Hillary Clinton presidency as a better deal for them.
April 24, 2019
Voters Say Impeachment Unlikely from Mueller Report Despite Media’s Efforts
Voters think Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report is unlikely to help congressional Democrats impeach President Trump, but they expect reporters to try to hurt the president with it if they can.
April 22, 2019
Many Reject Mueller’s Findings But Not Sure Why
A sizable number of voters don’t agree with the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report, although many of them are not exactly sure why. Most voters think politics is the reason for the criticism.
April 18, 2019
Most Would Vote for Gay President, Not So Sure Others Would
Pete Buttigieg, the little-known Democratic mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is hoping to be the first openly gay presidential nominee of a major party. Most voters are willing to support a gay president, but they’re far less confident that others close to them feel the same way.
April 18, 2019
Many See 9/11 As A Fading Memory
A Muslim congresswoman has drawn criticism for recent comments that appeared to downplay the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, but voters are closely divided over whether Americans even remember that horrific day. One-in-three can’t say how many died in those attacks.
April 16, 2019
Most Say It’s Likely Obama, Top Aides Aware of Trump Spying
Most voters now suspect President Obama or his top people knew that intelligence agencies were spying on the Trump campaign, but they don’t expect anyone to be punished for breaking the law.
April 10, 2019
Democrats Hot for Trump’s Tax Records, Others A Lot Less So
Voters still think presidential candidates should make their tax returns public and that President Trump is no exception. But there’s much less interest in those records than there was in 2016, and most voters say their vote next year doesn’t turn on whether Trump’s tax returns are released.
April 8, 2019
Voters Say Media Obsessed with Controversy, Too Quick to Judge
With charges and countercharges swirling around former Vice President Joe Biden, most voters continue to believe the media is all about controversy and too quick to convict public figures.
April 1, 2019
Voters Are More Suspicious Now of Clinton Collusion
Now that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has ruled out collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians in 2016, voters, like senior Republicans, are turning a suspicious eye toward Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Most also still suspect high-level wrongdoing at the U.S. Department of Justice.
March 29, 2019
Political Party Governs Assessment of Media’s Mueller Coverage
President Trump’s exoneration by the Mueller report has highlighted the highly inaccurate reporting of many major media outlets, but partisan affiliation overrides the facts when it comes to how voters grade the media’s performance.
March 28, 2019
61% Nix Congressional Democratic Probe of Trump After Mueller
Now that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has finished his investigation of the Trump campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia, most voters say enough is enough. But many Democrats want to keep on going.
March 27, 2019
44% of Democrats Think Socialism Hasn’t Been Given A Fair Chance
Democrats are far more willing than other voters to support a socialist presidential candidate and tend to dismiss criticism of socialism as unfair.
March 27, 2019
Voters OK With Mueller’s Report; Most Say it Was An Honest Effort
Voters generally approve of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report exonerating President Trump, although Republicans are more critical than ever of his probe and Democrats aren’t as happy about Mueller as they used to be.
March 26, 2019
Democrats See Number of Presidential Candidates As A Mixed Blessing
While more than 10 prominent Democrats are already in the race for the party’s 2020 presidential nomination, Democratic voters remain closely divided over whether a lot of candidates is a good thing.
March 25, 2019
Most Favor Presidential Age Limit That Excludes Trump, Biden, Sanders, Warren
Most voters say there should be a ceiling on how old a presidential candidate can be. Among these voters, most say it should be 70 or younger, a requirement that would rule out President Trump and several of the top Democratic contenders for 2020.
March 20, 2019
Voters Favor Term Limits For Supreme Court But No More Members
Democrats, increasingly worried about the U.S. Supreme Court tilting to the right, have been talking lately about changes in its overall makeup. Most voters like the idea of term-limiting the justices but draw the line at adding more members to the court.
