About half of U.S. adults say the country’s mission in Afghanistan has mostly failed in achieving its goals, while about a third say it has mostly succeeded.
Turnout in this year’s primaries for Congress and most state governorships surged compared with the last midterms in 2014, particularly among Democrats. Nearly a fifth (19.6%) of registered voters โ about 37 million โ cast ballots in primary elections for the U.S. House of Representatives โ a 56% increase over the 23.7 million who voted in 2014’s House primaries. Turnout that year was 13.7% of registered voters.
Large majorities in eight Western European countries trust the military, ranging from 84% in France to 66% in Spain. Similarly, eight-in-ten Americans have confidence in the military.
Ahead of the Senateโs deliberations over Kavanaugh, hereโs a look at where the public stands on some of the major legal, political and social issues that could come before the Supreme Court in the years ahead.
At least 65 of the current voting members of Congress are immigrants or the children of immigrants. These members represent nearly half of U.S. states.
For the average moderate legislator, about 54% of a memberโs Facebook posts discussed local issues between 2015 and 2017. But for the average very liberal or very conservative legislator, just 38% of posts dealt with local issues.
Trump has successfully appointed more federal appeals court judges so far in his presidency than his two predecessors combined had at the same point in theirs. And with his nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Trump soon could install his second justice on the nationโs highest court, too.
Mitch McConnellโs decision to shorten the chamberโs August recess isnโt unprecedented. But in an election year โ when a third of senators are on the campaign trail โ itโs unusual.
Many Americans say government investments in medical research, engineering and technology or basic scientific research usually pay off in the long run.