Following the election of Barack Obama there was a significant spike in the number of Americans who considered themselves social conservatives, but since then the number of social conservatives has been dropping. Now Americans see themselves as more socially liberal than they ever have before. From Gallup: We have seen this change in opinion on [...]

Americans are not expecting to retire until much later in life according to a new Gallup poll. Since the recession started the number of people who don’t think they will retire until they are past age 65 has increased significant. From Gallup: I look at this trends and see a sad expression of the breakdown of the [...]

According to a new Pew Research poll, 75 percent of Americans think our immigration system either needs major changes or a complete redesign. From Pew: No other part of our government’s bureaucracy, including our tax system and health care system, is seen as more broken than our immigration system. It is viewed as almost uniquely [...]

Two-thirds of the country wanted the Senate to approve the gun background checks amendment, which failed to get 60 votes last week. From Gallup: This poll shows two things. First, the insane rules of the Senate continue to undermine democracy. Only in America can something with 65 percent support and the votes of 55 percent [...]

While it seems Congress has forgotten that we have been suffering with unacceptably high unemployment for years regular Americans have not. Once again the top concern for Americans is the economy followed a close second by unemployment. From Gallup: The issues that Washington is currently focused on (immigration, gun control, deficit reduction) all barely rank [...]

It would seem the American people really only fall into two camps when it comes to undocumented immigrants.  There is a small fraction who strongly oppose letting them stay in any way and the large majority who would support offering a pathway to citizenship. Some polls have found that when offered a range of choices, a [...]

For the second year in a row the number of people concerned about global warming has increased. According to Gallup, 58 percent of Americans are worried a great deal about global warming. This is a large increase from 2011 when only 51 percent of Americans were concerned about it, but it is only a return [...]

Apparently, America is full of Keynesians or at least regular people who understand the real crisis we are facing right now is the high unemployment, not long-term deficit projects. A new Gallup poll found that Americans overwhelmingly support government spending on jobs programs. From Gallup: The poll found even a slim majority of Republicans supported the idea [...]

The number of Americans that get their health insurance through their employer continues to shrink. According to Gallup in 2011 44.6 percent of Americans got insurance from their employer and in 2012 it dropped to 44.5 percent. While overall the drop is small it more significant if you look only at non-government employees. From Gallup: [...]

While most Americans don’t think immigration reform is a top concern at this time, they do overwhelmingly support all the basic components of a potential deal. The vast majority of Americans support creating a way for undocumented immigrants already here to stay, as well as measures to slow undocumented immigration in the future.