by jpitney | Dec 5, 2024 | Elections, Public Opinion, Youth
Ashley Mowreader at Inside Higher Ed: Promoting civic engagement on college campuses is a priority for higher education institutions, particularly before an election, as is helping students to get involved in political discourse and use their voices. But in the wake...
by jpitney | Nov 12, 2024 | Mass Media, Public Opinion
From Gallup:
by jpitney | Oct 30, 2024 | Elections, Public Opinion
J. Andrew Sinclair and Kenneth Miller report on the new Rose Institute poll: American voters view the upcoming election with alarm. Nearly half of registered voters (47%) view the election of former President Trump as a threat to democracy, while 38% view Harris the...
by jpitney | Oct 20, 2024 | Public Opinion, Violence
Public Religion Research Institute: Support for justifying political violence has remained stable over the last three years, with a brief uptick in September 2023. Today, 18% of Americans agree that “because things have gotten so far off track, true American patriots...
by jpitney | Oct 15, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Public Opinion
Megan Brenan at Gallup: Americans continue to register record-low trust in the mass media, with 31% expressing a “great deal” or “fair amount” of confidence in the media to report the news “fully, accurately and fairly,” similar to last year’s 32%. Americans’ trust in...
by jpitney | Oct 13, 2024 | Elections, Journalism, Journalists, Public Opinion
From Pew: About a third of U.S. adults say television is the most common way they get political and election news (35%), while roughly one-in-five each most commonly get it from news websites or apps (21%) or social media (20%). Smaller shares turn primarily to...
