President Obama says the Syrian refugees he hopes to move here are no more dangerous than tourists. The governors of more than two dozen states, citing the links between those refugees and the weekend massacres in Paris, aren’t convinced and have asked the president not to settle them in their states.
Active duty military and veterans tend to favor increased U.S. combat involvement against the radical Islamic group ISIS and aren't as concerned as the American public in general about the willingness of political leaders to put soldiers' lives on the line.
Global warming advocates are calling for the prosecution of groups who disagree with them, and New York State has taken it a step further by investigating Exxon Mobil for refusing to play ball with the popular scientific theory.
Voter confidence in the Obama administration’s fight against the radical Islamic group ISIS is down despite the president’s decision to send a small number of troops to Syria, perhaps because voters strongly suspect that more will soon be on the way.
Support for the current federal system of background checks on gun purchasers remains high, but voters still question their effectiveness in reducing crime. One-in-three voters, however, want to expand the list of people who can be denied a gun.
Republicans rate gun issues more important to their vote than others do, but there’s a great deal of skepticism among all voters about politicians who raise gun-related issues.
Senate Democrats recently blocked "Kate's Law," legislation intended to impose mandatory prison terms on illegal immigrants convicted of major felonies who have been deported but have again entered the United States illegally. The law was named after Kate Steinle, the young woman murdered this summer in San Francisco by just such a person.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday and is set to meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas about the recent escalation of violence in Jerusalem between Israelis and Palestinians, but most voters don’t want to see much more U.S. involvement in the situation.
It’s the war that keeps on going. America’s drawn out presence in Afghanistan is set to go even longer following President Obama’s announcement last week that thousands more U.S. troops will remain there indefinitely. Voters tend to agree with the decision, but are more critical of the administration’s handling of the situation and remain puzzled as to what the United States has actually achieved there.
Voters still consider alternative energy sources a better long-term investment, but most also continue to believe environmentally-friendly development of shale oil resources can make this country energy independent.
U.S. relations with Russia have been tense over the past few years, and voters are now concerned that we may be returning to a 1950s-like Cold War relationship with the former Soviet Union.
Voters may have mixed opinions about the number of refugees the government should allow to resettle in the United States, but most are concerned that taking in a large number of Syrians poses a security threat.
Some lawmakers are proposing that the U.S. military establish a no-fly zone in Syria to protect civilians in that civil war-torn country, and voters here tend to think that’s a good idea. But they also worry that it may lead to a U.S.-Russian military conflict.
U.S. voters want to put the breaks on the Obama administration’s plans to bring tens of thousands more refugees into this country over the next two years, many from the Middle East, and strongly believe Congress should have a say in the matter.
Russia is ramping up its military and political presence in Syria and has begun bombing there in an effort to aid its allies in the Syrian government and their fight against the radical Islamic State group (ISIS).
President Obama’s health care law might have taken a back seat to other issues like immigration in the early stages of the presidential campaign season, but will it impact how voters choose their candidates next year?
Increased media attention on the Syrian migrant crisis has undoubtedly raised new concerns about the global impact of that country’s ongoing civil war, and U.S. voters are listening. But does that mean the United States should take a more active role in stemming the violence?
Most voters still don't think the federal government should have the final say on gun ownership and don't like a country in which only the government has guns.
The Obama administration announced this week plans to increase the total number of worldwide refugees accepted into the United States to 100,000 by 2017 in response to the ongoing migrant crisis from parts of the Middle East into Europe. Few U.S. voters agree with this decision, perhaps in part because a sizable majority have national security concerns.
President Obama announced yesterday that the United States will take in up to 10,000 Middle Eastern migrants to help alleviate the illegal immigration crisis now besetting Europe. Americans aren't sure that's such a good idea.
