Voters may question just how faithful President Obama has been to the U.S. Constitution, but they continue to stand firm in their own belief about the document that has been the supreme law of the United States for 227 years. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
On issues from immigration policy to Obamacare, Obama’s executive actions have sparked criticism that the president acted outside the Constitution by circumventing Congress. But are Obama’s actions any different than those of his predecessors?
American Voters overwhelming prefer living in a neighborhood where they have the option of owning a gun than to live where nobody is allowed to be armed.
Voters still tend to see no need for more gun control in America and remain strongly opposed to a complete ban on handguns. But semi-automatic and assault-type weapons are another story.
President Obama and Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush have both been pushing this week for tougher sanctions against Russia over the continuing political unrest in Ukraine. But Americans don’t see that get-tough position as good for this country.
Most U.S. voters are unaware that the number of legal immigrants outnumber those who come to the United States illegally.
The Constitution can be such a hassle when you’re trying to do the right thing, President Obama complains. The president who bypassed Congress to reshape his health care law and to change the nation’s immigration policy is now upset that the courts may find those unilateral actions unconstitutional.
Lincoln Chafee who held statewide office in Rhode Island both as a Republican and as an Independent has an uphill battle in his bid to become the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. For starters, he needs to help voters in his own party get to know him better.
A sizable number of voters think it’s time for a major new political party because Republicans and Democrats aren’t getting the job done.
Rick Perry who recently stepped down as the longtime governor of Texas is running again for the Republican presidential nomination, and GOP voters see him just behind the pack of early front-runners.
Some pundits have suggested that liberal darling Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, should jump into the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, but is he really a threat to frontrunner Hillary Clinton?
As far as legal immigration is concerned, voters are more about fair play than about what might be better for the country.
Longtime Senator Lindsey Graham has entered the sea of candidates seeking the Republican presidential nomination, but GOP voters rate the South Carolinian the longest of the long-shots in the race so far.
Most voters still aren't ready to pay much, if anything, to fight global warming, but a slightly higher number are willing to spend more for the cause.
Most voters continue to welcome those who immigrate to this country legally, and they’re even more welcoming if illegal immigration is stopped.
Some attitudes don’t change: Voters continue to overwhelmingly believe that Americans need to prove their identity before casting a vote.
Americans have a love/hate relationship with the National Security Agency, but the love side of the equation’s been growing as they worry more about the threat of Islamic terrorism.
Former New York Governor George Pataki and Rick Santorum, the one-time Pennsylvania senator who came up short in the 2012 presidential contest, have joined the crowded Republican race for 2016, but GOP voters think they have little chance of capturing their party's presidential nomination.
Former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley is an even bigger unknown to members of his own party than Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, but both men have a steep hill to climb if they’re going to take next year’s Democratic presidential nomination away from Hillary Clinton.
Voters remain overwhelmingly positive about immigrants who work hard to support their families but also still wonder whether that is usually the case these days.
