Social Conservatism in U.S. Highest in About a Decade Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup For most of the past eight years, Americans were about as likely to say they were liberal as conservative on social issues. This year, there is a more obvious conservative advantage. The shift is mostly due to increasing social conservatism among Republicans, at a time when social issues such as transgender rights, abortion and other hot-button concerns are prominent in the national public debate.
AP-NORC poll finds both Democrats, Republicans skeptical of US spying practices Nomaan Merchant & Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press As it pushes to renew a cornerstone law that authorizes major surveillance programs, the Biden administration faces an American public that’s broadly skeptical of common intelligence practices and of the need to sacrifice civil liberties for security. Presidential Approval Rating Ipsos This edition of the Reuters/Ipsos Core Political shows President Biden’s approval rating remaining…