Voters See Trump Reelection, But Most Say America Not Great Yet
Voters still give President Trump the edge in next year’s election, although they’re not convinced that he’s done enough yet to make American great again.
Voters still give President Trump the edge in next year’s election, although they’re not convinced that he’s done enough yet to make American great again.
Voters continue to respect the Social Security system, but most of those under 40 still don’t expect it to fully pay off when they retire.
Most voters suspect Iran of the recent torpedo attacks in the Gulf of Oman and say there’s a good chance of war for the United States in the days ahead.
California is set to become the first state to give full health care benefits to young, low-income immigrants living in the United States illegally, but a majority of U.S. voters don't support a similar initiative in their own state.
With unemployment for black Americans at an historic low, voters continue to believe President Trump has been better for young blacks than President Obama. But voters also still feel the government could do more and don’t think Trump’s rotten relationship with black members of Congress helps.
Several states, most notably Maine and Massachusetts, are flirting with decriminalizing prostitution, but most voters aren’t ready to go there yet.
GOP voters strongly choose President Trump over the top Republican in Congress, while Democrats identify with prospective presidential nominee Joe Biden more than with the young firebrand who increasingly seems to be setting the party’s agenda.
Voters here are more confident these days in the global power of the U.S. president, but they say President Trump pushes America’s interests more than they think is necessary.
With President Trump in a showdown with China and threatening Mexico with tariffs if it doesn’t step up the fight against illegal immigration, voters agree the president is a lot more pro-American on trade than his predecessors, but they remain closely divided over whether that’s a good thing.
Voters here strongly criticize Mexico’s efforts to stop illegal immigration and drug trafficking and like President Trump’s idea of using tariffs to get the Mexicans to toughen up.
Democrats are hoping to find something in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report that will help them impeach President Trump, but maybe their best bet is to make Mueller the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee.
Vice President Joe Biden continues to lead the other prominent hopefuls for next year’s Democratic presidential nomination, while Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders remains a distant second.
Voters still regard most judges as political animals but think it is wrong for politicians to single certain judges out for criticism.
While Democratic presidential hopefuls attempt to outbid each other by offering more government freebies, most voters still call for smaller, cheaper government and don’t trust the feds with their money.
Most Americans still understand the reason the Founding Fathers established the Electoral College and are increasingly opposed to efforts to get rid of it.
Voters feel good about the U.S. Postal Service but aren’t sure they want to expand its job description to include banking services as prominent Democrats are proposing.
Voters tend to agree with Senator Bernie Sanders that America will be in big trouble very soon if it doesn’t aggressively tackle climate change, even though they question the integrity of politicians who champion the issue.
Few voters think it’s too hard to get an abortion in America today, but several states are moving to make it harder. Voters still tend to think abortion policy should be set at the federal level, however.
Voters continue to believe the U.S. immigration system is broken and still tend to favor shifting to the skills-based system that President Trump is proposing.
Repairing America’s infrastructure may be the only thing President Trump and congressional Democrats can agree on, but Americans aren’t nearly as worried about the country’s roads and bridges these days. They’re still not overly enthusiastic about paying for any repairs anyway.