Voters agree with President Trump that the country needs to “drain the swamp” of the political establishment, but they’re not optimistic he’ll get the job done because of resistance from most politicians.
With all the latest calls to boycott everything from Nike to In-N-Out Burger to the New Yorker, voters draw the line at government interference in the marketplace.
Nike, the New Yorker and west coast burger chain In-N-Out are the latest recipients of calls to boycott from members of various political parties. But while just one-in-three have participated in politically-spurred boycotts, many think they’re effective.
Democrats insist the fight against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is based on the issues, but Republicans and independent voters think it’s chiefly about politics.
Most voters think President Donald Trump’s newest nomination for the U.S. Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, will be confirmed. But they’re not as confident as they have been with previous selections.
Voters think the upcoming midterm elections are more about President Trump than individual candidates and issues, but they don’t think a Democratic win necessarily means Trump should change course.
Voters approve of President Trump’s decision to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and think the new U.S. trade deal with Mexico is better for America.
The ongoing feud between President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions continues to raise questions about whether the president is queuing up to remove Sessions from his position. While few give the attorney general positive marks, Democrats are even more impassioned than Republicans that Trump shouldn’t can him.
A sizable majority of voters says illegal immigration is a critical issue for them in the upcoming congressional elections, but they also suspect most candidates raise the topic for political purposes only, not to deal with it.
Voters see President Trump's impeachment as even less likely and think Democrats need to focus on policy issues instead.
Most voters, including Republicans, don’t want to see President Donald Trump use his constitutional power to pardon Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen.
Voters still tend to think the highly publicized cases of Trump associates Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen will not cause criminal problems for the president, but it’s a party line vote.
Voters agree with President Trump that America should come first on the world stage but don't think the Democratic party's next presidential nominee is likely to agree.
Voters are continuing to grow more confident that the United States will remain the world’s top superpower for the foreseeable future.
Fewer voters now say they’re following the news more closely than they were a year ago, but they still overwhelmingly consider the news they are getting reliable.
Former Vice President Joe Biden remains the clear favorite among Democrats to be their presidential nominee in 2020. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator who challenged Hillary Clinton for the party’s nomination in 2016, is a fading second.
Following the “Unite the Right’s” first anniversary white supremacy rally earlier this month that was counter-protested by groups like so-called “antifa”, voters think police do a good job dealing with violent protesters but don’t think the media sides with them.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a hopeful for the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nomination, said recently, “We’re not going to make America great again. It was never that great.”
Republicans have more allegiance to their political party than Democrats.
As the nation gears up for midterm elections, half of voters say they’ve voted independent and think the nation would benefit from a strong third party.
