KATHLEEN A. FRANKOVIC is one of the world’s leading experts in public opinion polling. She has been an election and polling consultant for CBS News and other research organizations.
She speaks and writes internationally about public opinion research, journalism and elections as an invited speaker in places as diverse as Italy, Jordan, Hong Kong, Manila, Mexico, Lisbon, Chile and India. In 2009 she retired after more than 30 years at CBS News.
She received an A.B. from Cornell University in 1968, and a Ph.D. in political science from Rutgers University in 1974. Before joining CBS News, she taught political science at the University of Vermont, and has also held visiting professorships at Cornell and at the Annenberg School at the University of Pennsylvania.
articleAfter recent mass shootings, a majority of Americans desire stricter gun control laws
New polling from the Economist and YouGov finds some evidence that support for stricter handgun laws has increased, but there remains doubt about whether stricter gun laws would have prevented any of the recent shootings.
01 Feb 2023- article
More Americans say Biden and Pence have cooperated with classified documents than say Trump has
In regard to each man's level of cooperation in returning the documents, more say that Biden and Pence have been cooperative than say the same about Trump.
01 Feb 2023 - article
Two in five Americans saw Tyre Nichols video; 84% of them say officers' behavior was not justified
When asked whether the Memphis police were justified in the amount of force they used on Nichols, most Americans (71%) say they were not. Just 8% think they were.
01 Feb 2023 - article
Three in five Democrats say Congress should raise the debt ceiling, compared to 20% of Republicans
Democrats and Republicans are similarly likely to be paying "a lot" or "a little" attention to the debt ceiling debate, with 75% of Democrats who are paying attention saying that Congress should increase the federal borrowing limit. One in five Republicans (20%) who are following the topic agree.
26 Jan 2023 - article
What aspects of the House GOP agenda do Americans support?
Specifically, Republicans in the latest Economist/YouGov poll are particularly in favor of two proposals: increasing border security (90% strongly or somewhat support) and investigating Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden (85%).
26 Jan 2023 - article
The share of Americans who see Joe Biden as honest and trustworthy has dropped to a new low
This week, 34% of Americans describe Biden as honest and trustworthy — a new low for his presidency. That's an 8-point drop from when this question was last asked in December 2022, prior to the public revelation that classified documents had been found in Biden's possession.
26 Jan 2023 - article
Americans' views on Martin Luther King's legacy and dreams in 2023
More than one-third of Americans (36%) say that protests are necessary today in order to achieve racial equality, a sentiment that is stronger among Democrats (64%), Black Americans (58%), and 18- to 29-year-olds (48%).
12 Jan 2023 - article
There is bipartisan support for requiring negative COVID tests for travelers from China
There is bipartisan support for the testing mandate with majorities of Democrats (89%) and Republicans (79%) approving of the restriction.
12 Jan 2023 - article
Most Republicans approve of Kevin McCarthy being elected Speaker of the House
In the latest Economist/YouGov Poll, nearly three times as many Republicans approve (59%) of Kevin McCarthy’s election as Speaker as disapprove.
12 Jan 2023 - article
Most Americans say 2022 was a bad year for the U.S., but even more said so about 2020 and 2021
While Americans' assessments of the past year are better now than they were of 2021 or 2020 on some fronts — education, job security, and health care — more see the country as worse off compared to the year prior in many economic domains.
05 Jan 2023