Should The U.S. Bail Out Puerto Rico?
Puerto Rico is $72 billion in debt and can't pay its bills, but voters oppose a federal government bailout for the longtime U.S. commonwealth.
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July 10, 2015
July 9, 2015
How the Media Spins the Immigration Issue
Most voters expect biased media coverage of the 2016 presidential race, and the media response to recent immigration comments by Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is a good case in point.
July 9, 2015
How the Media Spins the Immigration Issue
Most voters expect biased media coverage of the 2016 presidential race, and the media response to recent immigration comments by Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is a good case in point.
July 9, 2015
Do Voters Want to See Candidate Tax Returns?
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush recently released 33 years of tax returns to the public. Voters want his opponents to follow suit, although most don’t need them to go back as far as Bush did.
July 8, 2015
Do Democrats Think Webb Has A Shot?
Former U.S. Senator from Virginia Jim Webb quietly entered the race for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination last week, but voters in his party consider him a longshot.
July 8, 2015
Most Agree with Trump that Illegal Immigration Increases Crime
Donald Trump has taken a lot of criticism from Democrats and other Republican presidential hopefuls over his candid remarks about the criminality of many illegal immigrants, but most voters think Trump is right.
July 7, 2015
Clinton Still Far Outpaces Her Democratic Rivals
Despite the increasing media coverage going to some of her rivals for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton remains hugely ahead as far as the party’s voters are concerned.
July 3, 2015
Support Grows for States to Ignore the Federal Courts
Following last week’s controversial U.S. Supreme Court rulings on Obamacare and gay marriage, voters believe more strongly that individual states should have the right to turn their backs on the federal courts.
July 2, 2015
Where Does Christie Stand With GOP Voters?
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, once considered a formidable contender for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, tracks in the lower tier of GOP hopefuls now that he has made his candidacy official.
July 2, 2015
Will More States Follow California's Vaccination Crackdown?
California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed one of the strictest school vaccination laws in the country, and many voters think more states will follow suit.
July 1, 2015
Cuba Out, New Cold War In?
Today one of the final chapters in the U.S.-Soviet Cold War comes nearer to a close with President Obama’s announcement that the United States and Cuba are opening embassies in each other’s country. America has been diplomatically estranged from Cuba for over 50 years since Communist dictator Fidel Castro came to power on the island 90 miles off the coast of Florida.
July 1, 2015
Supreme Court’s Negatives Jump to All-Time High, but Positives Up, Too
Negative views of the U.S. Supreme Court are at their highest level in nearly nine years of regular surveying. But positive opinions are also up to a less dramatic three-year high.
June 30, 2015
Young Voters Are Far Bigger Fans of Gay Marriage Ruling
A closer look at public attitudes about the recent rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court suggest that it’s largely an age thing. Especially when it comes to gay marriage.
June 29, 2015
Voters Say WikiLeaks’ Disclosures Put U.S. Relationships At Risk
The hits just keep on coming. The rogue Internet site WikiLeaks last week released its latest batch of illegally obtained classified U.S. documents, this time showing that America has spied on the last three French presidents. The French government has formally protested, as did the Germans when our spying on Chancellor Angela Merkel was similarly disclosed in 2013.
June 26, 2015
GOP Voters Weigh In On Bobby Jindal
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is the latest addition to the crowded Republican field in 2016, but he ranks low among GOP voters.
June 26, 2015
Voters Stress the Importance of Marriage Before Kids
Voters still strongly believe the order of events, marriage then children, is important in starting a family.
June 25, 2015
Voters Say No to Government Role in Neighborhood Diversity
With the Department of Housing and Urban Development ready to release new regulations meant to diversify wealthy neighborhoods, American voters overwhelmingly say that it is not the government’s job to try to bring those of different income levels to live together.
June 24, 2015
Should South Carolina Take Down The Flag?
Most voters don’t think the Confederate flag should be flown at the South Carolina Capitol, but they differ when it comes to the flag’s meaning.
June 22, 2015
Most Black Voters Don’t Think Rachel Dolezal Should Have Resigned From NAACP
Most voters agree that racial identity should be based on birth, not preference, but black voters are less critical than others of Rachel Dolezal, a white woman who identifies as black who recently resigned from her post at the NAACP.
June 18, 2015
‘The Donald’ is Trumped by Most of GOP Field
Billionaire businessman Donald Trump entered the Republican presidential race this week, but GOP voters rate him near the bottom of the crowded field.
