Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
About nine-in-ten Americans learn about the election in a given week. But they are divided on what type of news source – from television to digital to radio to print – they find most helpful.
Half of Americans say the next president should be careful not to criticize Islam as a whole when speaking about Islamic extremists, while four-in-ten want the next president to speak bluntly about Islamic extremists even if the statements are critical of Islam as a whole.
Survey Report Next week, Republican voters will begin the process of selecting their party’s 2016 presidential nominee. One of the major questions will be which GOP voters turn out, and which stay home. A person’s past voting history can be a powerful predictor of future turnout. A new analysis of the Republican electorate in 2012, […]
GOP contender Donald Trump is not widely viewed as religious, even among Republicans. And the share of Americans who say Hillary Clinton is not a religious person has risen sharply since she first ran for president eight years ago.
Survey Report As Barack Obama begins his final year in office, the goal of reducing the budget deficit, which the public once ranked among the most pressing objectives for his administration, has continued its recent decline in perceived importance. Overall, 56% say that reducing the budget deficit should be a top priority for the president […]
Detailed tables that accompany the report: Voters Skeptical That 2016 Candidates Would Make Good Presidents, January 20, 2016. Republican and Republican-Leaning Registered Voters’ views of GOP candidates Republican views of Jeb Bush as president Republican views of Ben Carson as president Republican views of Chris Christie as president Republican views of Ted Cruz as president Republican views of John Kasich as president Republican views […]
A year before the next president takes office, voters are skeptical that any of the leading 2016 candidates would make a good president.
