Voters Don’t Want Pardons for Manafort, Cohen
Most voters, including Republicans, don’t want to see President Donald Trump use his constitutional power to pardon Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen.
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August 27, 2018
August 24, 2018
Voters Say Manafort, Cohen Verdicts No Criminal Problem for Trump
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.
August 24, 2018
Voters Say Next Democratic Nominee Likely to Put World Before America
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.
August 23, 2018
Will U.S. Be Most Powerful at the End of 21st Century?
Voters are continuing to grow more confident that the United States will remain the world’s top superpower for the foreseeable future.
August 23, 2018
Voters Are Backing Off The News But Still Think It’s Reliable
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.
August 22, 2018
Biden’s Still Democrats’ Choice to Challenge Trump in 2020
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.
August 21, 2018
Voters Think Reporters Side With Violent Protesters
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.
August 20, 2018
67% Disagree With Cuomo About America’s ‘Greatness’
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.”
August 17, 2018
Republicans More Likely To Vote Party Line Than Democrats
Republicans have more allegiance to their political party than Democrats.
August 17, 2018
46% See Benefit of A Competitive Third Party
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.
August 16, 2018
Voters Don’t Like ‘Antifa’ Protesters, Say They’re Looking for Trouble
Voters are even more critical of the so-called “antifa” protesters who surfaced again this past weekend in Charlottesville and Washington, DC and continue to think they’re chiefly interested in causing trouble.
August 15, 2018
Five Years Later, Many Say Snowden is Neither Hero Nor Traitor
It’s been five years since Edward Snowden exposed the federal government’s surveillance of millions of innocent Americans in the name of national security, and voters still think he falls somewhere in between the lines of hero and traitor, though they still want him tried for treason.
August 15, 2018
Republicans More Likely to See a ‘Party of the People’ These Days
Voters—and Republicans specifically—have more faith these days that someone in Washington represents them.
August 14, 2018
Half Think Humans are Responsible for Global Warming
California Governor Jerry Brown blamed the spreading California wildfires on climate change, something voters still consider a serious issue heading into the midterms. And they think humans are to blame.
August 14, 2018
Most GOP Voters Say ‘No’ to Mueller Interview of Trump
Democrats want President Trump to sit down with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team for an interview; Republicans don’t. But both sides agree that a Trump interview is unlikely to bring Mueller’s probe to a close.
August 13, 2018
Most Say Government Doesn’t Have Consent of the Governed
The Declaration of Independence says that governments derive their authority from the consent of the governed, but few voters think the American government today has the consent of its governed.
August 10, 2018
Are Lawyers Trusted?
Following last month’s media frenzy that erstwhile Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen had taped his conversations with the president and other clients, perhaps it’s no wonder so few voters trust lawyers.
August 9, 2018
Half Think New Iran Sanctions Will Be Effective in Renegotiating Nuclear Deal
The Trump administration announced this week that it will re-impose trade sanctions on Iran that had been previously suspended under the 2015 nuclear agreement...
August 8, 2018
Optimism Dims for North Korea Denuclearization
At a recent Senate committee meeting, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed that North Korea is still producing materials for nuclear bombs, raising questions about whether the Asian nation is truly working to denuclearize following the May summit between President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
August 7, 2018
39% Say Mueller Investigation Should End
President Trump has been tweeting about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into allegations of Russian collusion in the 2016 presidential election lately, including imploring Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end what he called a “Rigged Witch Hunt.”
