More Than Half of the Public Worries Federal Medicaid Budget Cuts Would Affect Their Family’s Ability to Obtain and Afford Care KFF As Congress weighs spending cuts and other changes to Medicaid, more than half (54%) of the public say they are worried significant reductions in federal Medicaid spending would negatively affect their family’s ability to obtain and afford health care, a new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds.
Support for populist ideas remains strong, but some countries have seen belief fall Jamie Stinson, Ipsos The sixth edition of the Ipsos Populism Report sheds light on the deeper forces feeding the current surge of populism. On average across 31 countries, a profound pessimism is settling in.
Americans’ Views on Energy at the Start of Trump’s Second Term Brian Kennedy, Emma Kikuchi and Alec Tyson, Pew Research Center Republicans are far less supportive of renewable energy than during the first Trump administration
More Americans disapprove than approve of the job Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doing as U.S. health secretary Jenn Hatfield, Pew Research Center U.S. adults have mixed views of the job that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doing as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. But their views lean more negative than positive.
Nearly one in three Americans have stopped purchasing from a company due to politics Mallory Newall, Ipsos Nearly half of Americans believe it is inappropriate for companies to comment publicly on political or social issues, and a slim majority indicate they would be likely to stop purchasing from a brand if they disagreed with their stance on an issue, according to a new Axios/Ipsos/CLYDE survey. However, most also believe companies have a responsibility to speak out on issues that may impact their employees.
Republicans and Democrats on X differ over the site’s politics and their experiences Michelle Faverio and Monica Anderson, Pew Research Center X (formerly Twitter) has rebranded, relaxed some of its content rules and made other sweeping changes since Elon Musk bought the platform in 2022. Amid these shifts, Republicans view the social media platform far more positively than Democrats do.
