Carl Bialik is YouGov America's U.S. politics editor and vice president of data science, based in New York. He previously worked for Yelp, FiveThirtyEight, and the Wall Street Journal. He can be reached at carl.bialik@yougov.com
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Love, sex, and heartbreak: Commonalities in American relationship experiences
Most people have been in a serious relationship involving an age gap of five or more years. Fewer have been with someone who is significantly different from them in regards to educational attainment, wealth, or religion.
09 Feb 2024 - Article
Which U.S. military interventions do Americans think have been successful?
Majorities say the U.S. was right to intervene in — and view as successful — World Wars I and II. The Vietnam War is most likely to be viewed as the result of a bad decision and also as unsuccessful.
19 Dec 2023 - Article
The election, foreign spending, and Taylor Swift: the Dec. 9-12, 2023 Economist/YouGov Poll
This week’s Economist/YouGov poll covers the 2024 presidential election, which sources Americans trust for election information, funding for Israel, the Palestinians, and Ukraine, and Time magazine's selection of Taylor Swift as Person of the Year.
15 Dec 2023 - Article
What do Americans want in a primary care provider? An honest practitioner who takes their insurance
Many also place a high value on a PCP's listening skills, intelligence, and level of experience. Fewer consider factors such as their race, sexual orientation, religion, politics, gender, or age.
13 Dec 2023 - Article
Congress, Biden, Gaza, and China: key results from the Nov. 18-20, 2023 Economist/YouGov Poll
This week’s Economist/YouGov poll covers Americans' views on Congress, Biden's job performance and handling of specific issues, wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and the China-U.S. deal on fentanyl.
22 Nov 2023 - Article
Polls from the Past: How opinion has changed on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
To explore how public opinion on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has changed through the years, a recent YouGov poll re-asked poll questions from before 2010 found in the Roper Center Polling Archive.
17 Nov 2023 - Article
Laws legalizing abortion and same-sex marriage nationwide are more popular than nationwide bans
Majorities of Americans say they would support Congress passing laws making abortion and same-sex marriage nationwide.
03 Nov 2023 - Article
There's mixed approval of new House Speaker Mike Johnson, whom Americans see as conservative
Americans are divided over new House Speaker Mike Johnson, but a general consensus agrees he's more conservative than former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
02 Nov 2023 - Article
Americans are growing less sympathetic to Israel as war fears grow
Americans are more likely to sympathize with the Israelis than the Palestinians, but the wave of pro-Israel sentiment that followed Hamas's October 7 attack has faded
26 Oct 2023 - Article
What surveys say about Mike Johnson and the House's long speaker battle
Here is what surveys conducted by the Economist and YouGov show about how Americans feel about new Speaker Mike Johnson and the just-concluded Speaker battle
25 Oct 2023