Most Americans continue to favor a smaller, more hands-off government than a larger, more hands-on one. But while voters think Republicans share their beliefs, they see Democrats as preferring the opposite.
With all the latest calls to boycott everything from Nike to In-N-Out Burger to the New Yorker, voters draw the line at government interference in the marketplace.
Nike, the New Yorker and west coast burger chain In-N-Out are the latest recipients of calls to boycott from members of various political parties. But while just one-in-three have participated in politically-spurred boycotts, many think they’re effective.
Voters approve of President Trump’s decision to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and think the new U.S. trade deal with Mexico is better for America.
Voters agree with President Trump that America should come first on the world stage but don't think the Democratic party's next presidential nominee is likely to agree.
Voters are continuing to grow more confident that the United States will remain the world’s top superpower for the foreseeable future.
Fewer voters now say they’re following the news more closely than they were a year ago, but they still overwhelmingly consider the news they are getting reliable.
Former Vice President Joe Biden remains the clear favorite among Democrats to be their presidential nominee in 2020. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator who challenged Hillary Clinton for the party’s nomination in 2016, is a fading second.
Following the “Unite the Right’s” first anniversary white supremacy rally earlier this month that was counter-protested by groups like so-called “antifa”, voters think police do a good job dealing with violent protesters but don’t think the media sides with them.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a hopeful for the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nomination, said recently, “We’re not going to make America great again. It was never that great.”
Republicans have more allegiance to their political party than Democrats.
As the nation gears up for midterm elections, half of voters say they’ve voted independent and think the nation would benefit from a strong third party.
Voters are even more critical of the so-called “antifa” protesters who surfaced again this past weekend in Charlottesville and Washington, DC and continue to think they’re chiefly interested in causing trouble.
It’s been five years since Edward Snowden exposed the federal government’s surveillance of millions of innocent Americans in the name of national security, and voters still think he falls somewhere in between the lines of hero and traitor, though they still want him tried for treason.
Voters—and Republicans specifically—have more faith these days that someone in Washington represents them.
Democrats want President Trump to sit down with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team for an interview; Republicans don’t. But both sides agree that a Trump interview is unlikely to bring Mueller’s probe to a close.
The Declaration of Independence says that governments derive their authority from the consent of the governed, but few voters think the American government today has the consent of its governed.
Following last month’s media frenzy that erstwhile Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen had taped his conversations with the president and other clients, perhaps it’s no wonder so few voters trust lawyers.
President Trump has been tweeting about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into allegations of Russian collusion in the 2016 presidential election lately, including imploring Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end what he called a “Rigged Witch Hunt.”
It’s been almost two years since Donald Trump was elected president, but for a third of voters, the 2016 election has had long-lasting negative effects on relationships with family and friends.
