Opinion Today
March 29, 2024
Inflation, Immigration Rank Among Top U.S. Issue Concerns Lydia Saad, Gallup Amid the heightened numbers of migrants entering the United States at the Southern border and discord in the Middle East, Americans have grown more anxious about immigration and terrorism over the past year. At the same time, with the inflation rate down from 2023, public concern about that issue has eased. Nevertheless, more Americans still say they worry about inflation than any of 13 other issues rated in the new survey.
Most favor hiring more border patrol agents and immigration judges Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research The public is supportive of several immigration and border security policies to address the situation at the U.S./Mexico border. Hiring more border patrol agents is supported by about two-thirds of adults, including about 79% of Republicans, 54% of Democrats and 56% of independents. Adding additional immigration judges and court personnel is popular among both Democrats and Republicans, but few independents agree.
Many Americans say immigrants contribute to economy but there’s worry over risks, AP-NORC poll finds Rebecca Santana & Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Associated Press Americans are more worried about legal immigrants committing crimes in the U.S. than they were a few years ago, a change driven largely by increased concern among Republicans, while Democrats continue to see a broad range of benefits from immigration, a new poll shows. Most Americans support access to medication abortion Mallory Newall, Charlie Rollason & Bernard Mendez, Ipsos Following the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments over access to mifepristone, one of the medications commonly used for abortion care, the latest Axios/Ipsos poll finds that most Americans, regardless of party affiliation, support women obtaining abortion medication from their doctor or a clinic. In fact, most Americans across party lines agree that abortion issues should be managed between a woman and her doctor, not the government.
Fox News Poll: Voters side with Israelis over Palestinians by 31 points, down from 50 points in October Victoria Balara, Fox News It has been over five months since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the latest Fox News survey finds a majority continues to side with the Israelis over the Palestinians in the conflict, although fewer than last fall.
Fox News Poll: Voters split on banning TikTok Victoria Balara, Fox News As TikTok battles for its future in the United States, a new Fox News survey finds registered voters split on a potential government ban of the popular social media app. The poll finds voters favor the U.S. government banning TikTok by an insignificant 1-point margin (47% favor, 46% oppose). That’s down from a 10-point spread in favor in December (51%-41%). Many Americans say they support a TikTok ban David Montgomery & Kathy Frankovic, YouGov Most American adults have unfavorable views of the social network TikTok and more would support a law requiring TikTok's Chinese owners to sell it than would oppose one. Younger adults are the most likely to use TikTok and the most likely to oppose such a law.
Index of Consumer Sentiment Joanne Hsu, University of Michigan Consumer sentiment recorded an incremental increase of less than three index points from February, well within the margin of error and stable since January. Critically, consumers exhibited confidence that inflation will continue to soften.
