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.
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.
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.
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is the latest addition to the crowded Republican field in 2016, but he ranks low among GOP voters.
Voters still strongly believe the order of events, marriage then children, is important in starting a family.
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.
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.
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.
Billionaire businessman Donald Trump entered the Republican presidential race this week, but GOP voters rate him near the bottom of the crowded field.
Nearly 20 years ago, Bill Clinton declared the era of big government over. Two decades later, voters wish that were true.
Even as the Republican presidential field continues to grow, most voters say that they want all presidential candidates to appear in their party’s upcoming debates.
Voters see an overly powerful government as a bigger danger in the world than an under-powered one.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush’s entry into the Republican presidential field comes with a burden that the other candidates don’t face: his surname.
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.
