More Voters Voting Independent, Want Competitive Third-Party
Voters are more receptive to a political third party than they have been in recent years, and more than half now say they have voted for a candidate independent of the two major parties.
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August 7, 2017
August 4, 2017
Voters Remain Unconvinced There is a ‘Party of the People’
Even as partisan tension continues to rise in Washington, slightly fewer voters now say neither Republicans nor Democrats are the party of the American people.
August 3, 2017
Voters Don’t Credit Trump For Improving Economy
The stock market is at record highs. Unemployment hit a 10-year low in May, and economic confidence is at its highest level in several years. But voters apparently don’t believe President Trump or his policies have anything to do with it.
August 2, 2017
Most Voters Say Trump Is His Own Worst Enemy
President Trump has met the enemy, and it’s himself.
August 1, 2017
Voters Say Trump No Better Than Obama On Immigration
Illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border has fallen to a 17-year low since President Trump took office, but voters don’t think he’s doing any better than his predecessor handling the nation’s immigration situation in general.
August 1, 2017
Most Still Oppose Driver’s Licenses For Those Here Illegally
California, one of 12 U.S. states that allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses, is on track to issue nearly a million such licenses by the end of the year. But most voters continue to oppose licenses for illegals in the state they live in.
July 31, 2017
Most Voters Say ‘No’ To Border Wall
The House last week approved $1.6 billion in spending for President Trump’s proposed wall along the Mexican border, but with illegal immigration at the Mexican border at a 17-year low, most voters don’t want it anymore.
July 31, 2017
Most Democrats, GOP Voters Don't Agree With Party Leaders
Over half of voters in both major political parties continue to say that they are moving away from the positions of their party's leaders.
July 28, 2017
Republicans Welcome Military Transgender Ban; Democrats Don’t
Voters are evenly divided over President Trump’s decision to prohibit from military service those who want to live openly as the opposite sex.
July 27, 2017
Voters Say They’re More Socially Liberal, More Fiscally Conservative
Voters tend to believe the body politic is becoming more liberal on social issues but still leans conservative in fiscal areas.
July 27, 2017
Voters See Republicans As Bigger Roadblock Than Democrats For Trump
Voters are now more likely to believe Republicans in Congress are the bigger problem for President Trump than Democrats are.
July 26, 2017
Voters Think Media Has Too Much Influence Over Government
Senator John McCain told the U.S. Senate yesterday ahead of the health care vote to tune out media personalities and trust one another instead. Voters think that's a good idea.
July 26, 2017
Voters See Economic Sanctions As An Effective Response
As Congress mulls slapping additional economic sanctions on America’s foes, voters tend to agree that sanctions work and make this country safer.
July 26, 2017
Most Republicans Still More Aligned With Trump Than With GOP Congress
Over six months into the Trump presidency, Republican voters still say they relate more to the president’s political views than those of their party's representatives in Congress.
July 25, 2017
Republicans, Democrats Losing Faith In Their Congressional Leaders
Republican voters appear to have lost the enthusiasm they showed earlier this year about their Congressional leaders, and now Democrats are following suit.
July 25, 2017
AG Sessions More Popular Than Obama's Holder, Lynch
President Trump last week called Attorney General Jeff Sessions “beleaguered” and said he would have picked someone else if he knew Sessions would recuse himself from the Russia investigation.
July 24, 2017
55% Say Congress More Responsive to Media Than to Voters
Most voters think Congress doesn’t listen to them and is more interested in making the media happy.
July 20, 2017
26% Rate Trump-Russia Allegations Nation’s Biggest Problem
Despite wall-to-wall media coverage of the Trump-Russia allegations, just one-out-of-four voters rate them as the most serious problem facing the nation. For most voters, economic issues, Obamacare and other problems are more serious.
July 19, 2017
Few Think Government Has Consent of the Governed
The Declaration of Independence says that governments derive their authority from the consent of the governed, but only one-in-four voters think the American government today has that consent.
July 19, 2017
Sorry, Kid Rock: Voters Still Aren’t Amped Up About Electing Entertainers
Kid Rock recently announced his intention to run for the U.S. Senate seat in Michigan next year, but despite a celebrity winning the White House, voters aren’t any more likely to say they’d vote for a prominent entertainer.
