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  • Most Americans place blame for Silicon Valley Bank's collapse on executives' poor decision-makingArticle

    Most Americans place blame for Silicon Valley Bank's collapse on executives' poor decision-making

    Nearly six in ten (59%) Americans put "a lot" of the blame for the collapse on the decisions the bank's executives made — something that majorities of Democrats (58%) and Republicans (61%) agree on.

    3 days ago
  • Republicans are less likely this week to see candidates' hush-money payments as a crimeArticle

    Republicans are less likely this week to see candidates' hush-money payments as a crime

    By 46% to 34%, Americans say Trump should face criminal charges over paying adult-film star Stormy Daniels money for her silence about a sexual encounter in 2006. Democrats (77% to 11%) and Independents (44% to 30%) are more likely than not to say Trump should face criminal charges — but only 14% of Republicans agree.

    3 days ago
  • Gen Zers and Millennials are reshaping the party divide on gunsArticle

    Gen Zers and Millennials are reshaping the party divide on guns

    Gen Z and Millennial Republicans are more likely than older Republicans to believe that gun laws should be more restrictive (39% vs. 22%).

    6 days ago
  • Most Americans favor some aid to Ukraine, though fewer expect a Ukrainian victoryArticle

    Most Americans favor some aid to Ukraine, though fewer expect a Ukrainian victory

    Last week, more Americans believed Ukraine was beating Russia (31% to 18%). This week, as many believe Russia is ahead as say Ukraine is (23% to 23%); 36% say neither is.

    9 days ago
  • The share of Americans who say the U.S. favors Israel over Palestine has fallen since 2017Article

    The share of Americans who say the U.S. favors Israel over Palestine has fallen since 2017

    The latest Economist/YouGov poll explores Americans' stances about the conflict and finds that while Americans' sympathies have shifted little over the past five years, the shares who view the U.S. government as siding with Israel and who see see helping as Israel as an important goal for the U.S. in the Middle East have declined.

    9 days ago
  • A growing share of Americans see China as a major economic threatArticle

    A growing share of Americans see China as a major economic threat

    One 9% of Americans see China's rapid economic rise as having been good for the U.S. Far more see it as either bad (33%) or neither bad nor good (39%).

    9 days ago
  • A small but growing share of Americans approve of the people who took over the Capitol on Jan. 6Article

    A small but growing share of Americans approve of the people who took over the Capitol on Jan. 6

    Today, one-third of Americans (34%) say the people involved in the Capitol takeover were participating in “legitimate political discourse,” while roughly half (48%) say they were participating in “a violent insurrection.”

    10 days ago
  • A growing share of Republicans see Trump's 2016 hush money payment as a serious issueArticle

    A growing share of Republicans see Trump's 2016 hush money payment as a serious issue

    Nearly half of Republicans (45%) view the charge that the Trump campaign paid an adult film actress $130,000 to remain silent about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump as a very or somewhat serious issue; 87% of Democrats and 65% of Americans overall agree.

    10 days ago
  • Would U.S. adults rather have a low-paying job that they love or a high-paying job that they hate?Article

    Would U.S. adults rather have a low-paying job that they love or a high-paying job that they hate?

    While most Americans who are older than 55 (59%) say that they would take a low-paying job they love over a high-paying job they hate, that preference decreases with age.

    10 days ago
  • Do Americans think being moral is the same thing as following the law?Article

    Do Americans think being moral is the same thing as following the law?

    Laws regulate behavior in society, but do Americans believe that their laws and moral values are aligned?

    11 days ago
  • How do Americans feel about regulation of public universities?Article

    How do Americans feel about regulation of public universities?

    Recent polling by YouGov shows that Americans are largely divided on issues of campus speech, DEI initiatives, CRT programs, and state intervention in college curricula.

    11 days ago
  • What Americans think about social media and mental healthArticle

    What Americans think about social media and mental health

    A new YouGov poll finds that 88% of Americans believe social media is at least somewhat responsible for the increase of depression among teenagers.

    14 days ago
  • Two-thirds of Americans believe that the COVID-19 virus originated from a lab in ChinaArticle

    Two-thirds of Americans believe that the COVID-19 virus originated from a lab in China

    According to the latest Economist/YouGov poll, 66% of Americans — including 53% of Democrats and 85% of Republicans — say it is definitely or probably true that the COVID-19 virus originated from a lab in China.

    16 days ago
  • More than one-third of Americans have not filled a prescription because of its costArticle

    More than one-third of Americans have not filled a prescription because of its cost

    Regardless of whether they have personally struggled to afford medication, Americans generally support the government negotiating prices with insurance companies.

    16 days ago
  • Most Americans do not want a national divorce of red and blue statesArticle

    Most Americans do not want a national divorce of red and blue states

    One in four Republicans and 16% of Democrats would support their state’s secession.

    16 days ago
  • Many Americans remain uncertain about the origins of Havana syndromeArticle

    Many Americans remain uncertain about the origins of Havana syndrome

    Americans — and Democrats in particular — are now somewhat less likely than they were a year ago to see Havana syndrome as the result of a targeted attack by a foreign government, and somewhat more likely to see it as a mass psychogenic illness, or real symptoms resulting from an erroneous belief of an exposure to a health threat.

    18 days ago
  • Which industries do Americans think should be more regulated?Article

    Which industries do Americans think should be more regulated?

    Pharmaceuticals, artificial intelligence, and social media top the list of industries Americans believe should be more regulated. Cannabis is the most divisive industry polled, with roughly equal shares saying it should be more and less regulated.

    19 days ago
  • Most Americans think Supreme Court decisions often are influenced by justices' political beliefsArticle

    Most Americans think Supreme Court decisions often are influenced by justices' political beliefs

    How do Americans compare the Supreme Court's ideology to that of the American public in general? Two in five (42%) believe the Supreme Court is more conservative than the American public, up 12 points from 2018.

    24 days ago
  • More Americans prefer taking a strong stand to protect Taiwan than would choose good China relationsArticle

    More Americans prefer taking a strong stand to protect Taiwan than would choose good China relations

    By 51% to 24%, Americans say it is more important for the U.S. "to take a strong stand so that China does not take over Taiwan by force" than "for the U.S. to maintain good relations with China."

    24 days ago
  • One year on: European and American attitudes to the war in UkraineArticle

    One year on: European and American attitudes to the war in Ukraine

    Nations are at odds over peace negotiations

    about 1 month ago

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