A year after the troubled launch of healthcare.gov, Americans still have a poor view of it, as well as of the Affordable Care Act overall. Although opinions have changed in the last year, the movement has been glacial, and the best small success may be that in the last few months, the Economist/YouGov Poll finds more even-handedness when the public is asked whether the law, also known as Obamacare, should be kept or simply repealed. The change took place ... read more
Voters in states with highest CO2 emissions per person are the least worried about global warming While climate change, or global warming, has not emerged as a top issue in every campaign this year, it has arguably played a bigger ... read more
Most Americans support a quarantine for people coming from countries badly affected by Ebola read more
Overall spending is up 8.7%; online sales outpace in-store purchases while charitable giving and “self-gifting” are on the rise. Holiday spending is expected to be strong this year, according to the Survey of Affluence and Wealth, published by Time Inc. ... read more
Just as Apple’s iPhone 6 launch hoopla was subsiding after having reached its highest consumer perception levels in two years, Samsung’s aggressive counter-campaign and product news appear to have sent its scores climbing in Apple’s place. YouGov BrandIndex measured iPhone ... read more
Americans are slightly more likely to say that texting at the wheel is 'extremely dangerous' than say the same about drunk driving read more
A “troll”, in internet terminology, is someone who is deliberately provocative, upsetting others by starting arguments or posting inflammatory messages on online comment sections. Trolling is a problem that is gaining increasing attention and some websites are changing their comments ... read more
Most Americans support a quarantine for people coming from countries badly affected by Ebola In the days after the second person was diagnosed with Ebola ... read more
As unemployment drops below 6% for the first time since 2008, Americans are finally beginning to notice the slow improvement in the economy Americans may ... read more