by jpitney | Oct 20, 2020 | Polarization, Public Opinion
Daniel Stid at The Art of Association: Consider the findings of a recent study by political scientists Douglas Ahler and Gaurav Sood, “The Parties in Our Heads: Misperceptions About Party Composition and Their Consequences.” The authors draw on survey data...
by jpitney | Oct 5, 2020 | Civility, Deliberation, Public Opinion
Samuel Abrams at AEI: New data as part of the Survey Center on American Life, a project of AEI, reveals that our polarized discourse is impacting most Americans. Yet, the data also shows that most Americans are still open minded enough to find common ground with...
by jpitney | Sep 15, 2020 | Coronavirus, Public Administration, Public Opinion, Science
Reid Wilson at The Hill: The American public is beginning to lose trust in political leaders and scientific institutions as the coronavirus pandemic drags into its sixth month, troubling signs that raise the prospect that millions of Americans may not take advice or...
by jpitney | Sep 14, 2020 | Constitution, First Amendment, Freedom of Press, Public Opinion
From the Annenberg Public Policy Center: Americans’ ability to name the five rights protected by the First Amendment has jumped since 2017, when we last asked this question. Their ability to specify some of them more than tripled. Asked to name any of the rights...
by jpitney | Sep 4, 2020 | Civility, Public Opinion
From Pew Research: Declining share of Americans view respectful political debates as very important. Slightly more than half of adults (54%) say it is very important that the tone of political debate is respectful, down from 61% two years ago. The shift has come about...
by jpitney | Aug 14, 2020 | Bureaucracy, Public Opinion
Last year, Lydia Saad reported at Gallup: Americans are maintaining a mostly positive view of the job each of eight different high-profile federal departments and agencies is doing, out of 13 such entities measured in a new Gallup poll. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS)...
