Despite calls by some politicians and the media for erasing those connected to slavery from U.S. history, it looks like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson are going to be with us awhile longer. Voters strongly believe it’s better to learn from the past than erase it.
Voters tend to agree with President Trump’s defense of historical statues, and few think getting rid of Confederate monuments will lessen racial tensions in America.
Nearly half of voters are following the news more closely these days, but supporters of President Trump and those in his party are starting to tune out more.
Late last week, President Trump criticized Mitch McConnell over the failure to pass a health care repeal bill before the August recess, raising the question of whether the Senator should step down from his position. Even one third of his fellow Republicans think that’s a good idea.
President Trump announced he is considering pardoning former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was recently found guilty of criminal contempt for ignoring a judge’s order to stop traffic patrols targeting illegal immigrants. But most voters don’t think the president should pardon him. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
As far as most Republicans and Trump supporters are concerned, their guy will never get a break from the news media.
The majority of voters still say newcomers to America should adopt our culture, language and heritage, but that number is down from surveys over the past few years. More than ever now say they should keep their own customs.
China announced late last week that it will not intervene if North Korea initiates an attack against the United States, but will step in to prevent an attack on North Korea if the United States initiates.
Maybe Republicans in Congress who won’t work with President Trump are on to something. Voters, for now at least, say they’re more likely to reward the anti-Trumpers.
Voters consider President Trump less ethical than his predecessor in the White House, and many still suspect he has less ethics than other politicians.
Most voters continue to believe that American society is generally fair and decent, but they don't feel as strongly when it comes to President Trump’s views on society.
Late last week, following the release of new employment numbers by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, President Trump touted the success of more than one million new jobs added to the economy since he took office.
Most voters think it’s likely the United States will soon be at war with North Korea.
Missouri held its first election this week after enacting voter identification laws, and officials say it went smoothly. Most voters continue to favor such laws, though slightly more now believe they may be discriminatory.
Some groups are suing the federal government over President Trump’s voter fraud commission, claiming privacy and civil rights violations. While a majority of voters still considers voter fraud a serious problem, a growing number are now downplaying the severity of the issue.
Nissan workers in Mississippi recently voted against joining the United Auto Workers (UAW), a blow to the already struggling union presence in the south.
A sizable majority of voters still opposes giving illegal immigrants the vote, even in local elections. Democrats remain much more supportive of the idea than other voters do, however.
Voters are less likely these days to split their vote between the two major parties, but just over one-out-of-10 now say they’ve changed the party they identify with in recent months.
Voters are more receptive to a political third party than they have been in recent years, and more than half now say they have voted for a candidate independent of the two major parties.
Even as partisan tension continues to rise in Washington, slightly fewer voters now say neither Republicans nor Democrats are the party of the American people.
