Voters Think Congress Puts Media Concerns Ahead of Voters
Voters don’t think Congress cares about them and is more interested in pleasing the media.
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July 19, 2018
July 18, 2018
Voters Fear Government With Too Much Power
Voters still see an overpowered government as a bigger danger to the world than an underpowered one.
July 18, 2018
Trump's Alleged Ties to Russia, Illegal Immigration Top Concerns for Voters
As President Trump sat down with Russian President Vladimir Putin, voters continued to express concerns about his administration’s Russia connection, but worries about illegal immigration have climbed to near the top of the list of voter concerns as well.
July 17, 2018
73% of Democrats Want ‘A Fresh Face’ As 2020 Nominee
Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are among those touted as serious Democratic presidential contenders in 2020, but three-out-of-four Democrats think their party needs to turn to someone new.
July 11, 2018
44% Want Kavanaugh Confirmed; 83% Say It’s Likely
Voters strongly suspect that Judge Brett Kavanaugh will be the next member of the U.S. Supreme Court, but they are not as supportive of him as they were of President Trump’s first choice for the high court.
July 10, 2018
Support for NATO Is Down
President Trump arrives in Brussels today for this year’s NATO summit meeting. At the top of Trump’s agenda is getting NATO allies to pay up for defense spending.
July 10, 2018
Anger Still Runs High Against Trump - And His Opponents
Anger continues to run high on both sides of the Trump divide, but Democrats are a bit hotter under the collar now than they were a year ago.
July 9, 2018
Most Think Every SCOTUS Nominee Should Get a Senate Vote
Trump is expected to announce his nominee to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy today, a selection Democrats are vowing to stop even before the name is known. But most voters still believe that every nomination made by a president is entitled to a deciding vote by the U.S. Senate.
July 6, 2018
Voters Don’t See Universally-liked SCOTUS Nominee as a Possibility
President Trump is expected to announce his nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy by Monday, but voters don’t anticipate his pick will please everyone.
July 5, 2018
Voters Overwhelmingly Prefer Free Market to Socialism
In New York, a Democratic Socialist candidate just unseated a near-20-year veteran in one of the state’s Democratic congressional primaries, and she contends she represents the Democratic Party's future. But voters reject socialism in no uncertain terms.
July 3, 2018
Voters Want Senate to Move ASAP on Supreme Court Vacancy
Voters agree with President Trump and Senate Republicans that the time to put a new justice on the U.S. Supreme Court is now.
June 28, 2018
Voters Are Still Angry at the Feds, Media
Tempers are running hot across the political aisle these days, and while voters are as angry at the government as ever, they’re less angry with the media these days.
June 27, 2018
31% Think U.S. Civil War Likely Soon
Most voters fear that political violence is coming from opponents of the president’s policies, just as they did in the second year of Barack Obama’s presidency, and nearly one-in-three think a civil war is next.
June 25, 2018
Voters Don’t Regret Hillary’s Loss
The economy’s booming, but America remains sorely divided. Would we all be better off with a second President Clinton in the White House instead? Voters don’t think so.
June 25, 2018
51% See Democrats as Party of 'Identity Politics and Victimology'
A Democratic gubernatorial candidate from Wisconsin raised eyebrows last week when he said his party is now made up of warring identity groups that won't assimilate. A sizable number of Democrats - and just over half of all voters - agree.
June 22, 2018
33% Support Creating a National ‘Space Force’
A proposal has been made to create a national “Space Force” that would be the sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces. While just one-in-three voters support this proposal, half see space as key to national security.
June 19, 2018
Voters Say Senior Fed Cops Likely Broke Law to Stop Trump
Just over half of voters continue to believe some of the nation’s top cops may have acted illegally to keep President Trump from being elected.
June 14, 2018
Most Still Think Newcomers Need to Adopt the Language, Culture
More than half of voters continue to see American society as fair and decent and that newcomers to this country should adopt American culture.
June 14, 2018
Voters Still See Voter Fraud As A Problem
The Supreme Court this week upheld Ohio’s aggressive efforts to purge voter rolls of people who haven’t cast ballots in a while, much to the dismay of liberal voters’ rights groups. But few voters have ever been illegally denied the right to vote, and they think it happens less often than illegally allowing people to vote.
June 13, 2018
Voters Say NAFTA Better for Canada Than for U.S.
Voters tend to think Canada, like Mexico, benefits more from NAFTA than the United States does. But even after the weekend flare-up over trade policy between President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, they aren’t particularly worried about relations with our northern neighbor.
