Most Americans think judges should be able to stop Trump from deporting people, according to a new poll Andrew Romano, Yahoo News The Yahoo News/YouGov survey finds mixed feelings about the president’s initial decision to remove Venezuelan migrants — and widespread opposition to the way he has handled subsequent pushback from the courts.
The UK and Canada are viewed as the United States’ closest allies AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research The public is less likely to see Canada as a close ally of the United States than it was in September 2023, but most still see the relationship as at least friendly. Forty-five percent consider Canada a close ally, down from 62% in a Pearson/AP-NORC poll conducted in 2023. Perceptions of the relationship between the U.S. and Mexico have shifted a bit since 2023, but most continue to characterize the relationship as friendly.
Fewer than 1 in 5 Americans back US takeover of Gaza Shibley Telhami, Brookings Institution President Trump’s Gaza plan, which was announced during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s White House visit last month, proposed a U.S. takeover of the Gaza Strip after displacing its population to other countries and generated negative reactions at home and abroad. To measure the popularity of Trump’s ideas among the American public, we asked several related questions in our latest round of the University of Maryland Critical Issues Poll.
The State of Democracy, according to Americans Clifford Young and Bernard Mendez, Ipsos Concern with political extremism and threats to democracy is now at the highest it’s been since Ipsos began tracking it in February 2024. Is this a temporary blip or a sign of something new?
Five years after it started, what do Americans think about the COVID-19 pandemic? Jamie Ballard, YouGov About five years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic, a new YouGov survey asked Americans about their experiences of the pandemic and for their thoughts on whether the U.S. government is doing enough to prepare for the next one.
Most Americans have lived in a household with a gun Jamie Ballard, YouGov A new YouGov survey on gun ownership asked Americans about their personal experiences with guns and their opinions on gun violence in the U.S. Americans who live in rural areas are especially likely to have personal experiences with guns, to be gun owners, and to believe that the average American can be trusted with guns.
Index of Consumer Sentiment Joanne Hsu, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan Consumer sentiment confirmed its early month reading and fell for the third straight month, plummeting 12% from February.
Poll Finds Federal Workers More Popular Than Elon Musk Defending Democracy Together Most American voters disapprove of Elon Musk, have a favorable view of federal workers, and think Musk is making major changes to the government without being accountable to voters. This is according to a new poll commissioned by Defending Democracy Together of 1,000 registered voters, conducted March 13 - 17. Democratic Voters Are Dissatisfied With Their Own Party, See No Clear Party Leader Data for Progress Two new Data for Progress surveys of Democrats and Independents who lean Democratic reveal a party with no clear leader and a base of voters dissatisfied with their own party. These voters want a leadership willing to fight back against Trump and fight for the working class.
YAF Poll Illuminates Rightward Shift in 2024, Top Issues for Rising Generation Spencer Brown, Young America’s Foundation In the wake of the 2024 election, much was made of young voters’ shift to the right, most notably among young men but also among young women. Compared to the 2020 presidential election, the significant change in support among 18- to 29-year-old voters delivered a needed boost to propel Donald Trump to victory — in every swing state, the Electoral College, and the popular vote. To better understand what young Americans were driven by last November — and what they expect now and in the immediate future — Young America’s Foundation again partnered with Echelon Insights to survey these 18- to 29-year-old voters.
