Voters Want Spending Cuts But Don’t Expect Any
Like they have for years, most voters want Congress to stop spending so much money, but they don’t actually believe it’s going to happen.
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March 29, 2016
March 28, 2016
Voters See ISIS As Serious, Long-Term Threat
Following last week’s terrorist bombings in Brussels, U.S. voters remain strongly convinced that the radical Islamic State group (ISIS) is a major danger to the United States and see little chance of that threat diminishing anytime soon.
March 28, 2016
Most Don’t Want U.S. Promoting Democracy In Islamic World
Donald Trump has run afoul of the Republican establishment with his opposition to so-called "nation-building," but most voters think Trump's on the right track.
March 24, 2016
Americans Expect A Brussels-Like Attack At Home
Following the horrific bombings of an airport and metro station in Brussels earlier this week, a sizable number of Americans say they’ll be avoiding European travel in the near future and most expect a similar attack to happen on U.S. soil.
March 24, 2016
President Obama’s Approval Numbers Are Rising: What Gives?
Approval ratings for President Obama in our daily presidential tracking poll have noticeably improved over the past month. And it’s not just our polling - Real Clear Politics’ polling average indicates a clear uptick in the president’s ratings over the past couple of months.
March 23, 2016
Voters Rate Media Coverage of Election 2016
Television still reigns supreme when it comes to where voters turn for their political news, but the media get mixed reviews for their coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign so far.
March 22, 2016
76% of GOP Voters Rate Their Own Congress as Out of Touch
No wonder Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are winning the Republican primaries: GOP voters are more fed up than ever with their elected representatives in Washington, D.C.
March 22, 2016
Voters Worry About Feds' Focus on Terror Here at Home
Even before what appears to be the latest major terrorist attack, this time in Brussels, more U.S. voters than ever have expressed concern about the U.S. government's vigilance on the home front.
March 21, 2016
Most Now Favor Trade, Two-Way Travel with Cuba
As part of his initiative to restore U.S.-Cuba relations, President Obama is only the second sitting president to visit the island nation off the coast of Florida, the first since Calvin Coolidge in 1928. Most voters now support Obama’s effort to reestablish those ties.
March 18, 2016
Trump Still Holds 15-Point Lead Over Cruz
Support for all three of the remaining Republican candidates has grown with the narrowing of the field, but Donald Trump still holds a double-digit lead over both his rivals for the GOP presidential nomination.
March 17, 2016
Voters Say the Bigger the Government, the More Corrupt
Voters see government corruption as a big problem, getting bigger the higher up in government it gets.
March 17, 2016
Voters Fear More Political Violence, Blame Trump
Voters strongly believe candidates should tell it like it is, but most expect an increase in political violence this year, thanks in large part to Donald Trump’s unvarnished populist message.
March 16, 2016
Now What Do the GOP Elites Do?
The problem all along for the Republican elites opposed to Donald Trump is that they have no second act planned, and things just got worse for them after his latest collection of primary wins yesterday.
With Trump now over halfway to the delegate total needed to claim the GOP nomination and roughly 80% of Republican voters expecting him to be their nominee, are the elites going to continue their vicious advertising campaign against the billionaire businessman? Will Mitt Romney be joined by other prominent Republicans on the campaign trail to denounce Trump? At what point will GOP voters begin to wonder whether they – and not Trump – are the ones being opposed by the ostensible leaders of their own party?
March 15, 2016
Is the U.S. President the Most Powerful Man on Earth?
Voters believe more strongly these days that the president of the United States is the leader of the world community and that the level of power he has is appropriate.
March 15, 2016
Voters Say Presidential Candidates Follow The Money, Not the Voters
It's no surprise the populist campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have made waves this election season, considering the majority of voters think presidential candidates are more concerned with what their big donors think than with the concerns of the voters.
March 14, 2016
Only 14% Think Americans Are Informed Voters
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz are the latest public officials to question whether U.S. voters are really paying attention. Americans overwhelmingly believe they know the issues when they go to the polls but agree nearly as strongly that everybody else does not.
March 14, 2016
Voters More Unsure About America’s Future As A World Power
No wonder much of the campaign rhetoric this presidential election season has focused on America’s sinking prestige in the world: Voters are now much more uncertain what the future holds for U.S. power, even as they feel more strongly than ever that America is a special place.
March 10, 2016
Most Still Think Candidates Play Politics with Race Issues
Issues of race are a more serious concern now for voters, but most think politicians just use them to get ahead.
March 10, 2016
Voters Say No to Romney
Mitt Romney, the unsuccessful Republican presidential nominee in 2012, has come out swinging against Donald Trump and has even indicated he might accept the GOP nomination this year at a brokered national convention. But Romney’s endorsement doesn’t mean much to voters nor are they likely to vote for him in the fall.
March 10, 2016
Must Failed Wannabes Support Their Party’s Nominee?
All the major presidential candidates have pledged to support the eventual nominee of their respective political parties, but voters say that’s not a must.
