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December 17, 2018

Key Findings from the NBC-WSJ December 2018 Poll

The latest NBC News and The Wall Street Journal poll was conducted December 9-12, 2018. Please click the links below to see the key findings and charts associated with each of these issue areas covered across the poll. 2018 & 2020 Election Measures Policy Expectations 2018 in Review & Economic Outlook Party Feeling Thermometers Additional […]

November 20, 2018

Following the 2018 election, 60% of Democrat voters say U.S. political and economic systems are stacked against people like them

Written by Micah Roberts

Following the 2018 mid-term election, American voters are equally divided about how they view the U.S. political and economic systems. Roughly half of voters (49{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222}) agree these systems are stacked against people like them and a roughly equal share, 46{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222}, disagree with that assertion. Having half or more Americans agree with the idea that these […]

September 29, 2017

Key Trends from the NBC-WSJ Social Trends Poll

Written by Bill McInturff and Micah Roberts

NBC News and The Wall Street Journal did a special N=1,200 social trends poll in August 2017. This report from Bill McInturff, Micah Roberts, Dave Wilson, and Tori Miller looks at 18 major trends we identified over the past generation. It concludes with what we would identify as the most important trend impacting our politics […]

April 28, 2017

What the Q1 CNBC Data Says About Tax Reform

Written by Micah Roberts

The CNBC First Quarter All-America Economic survey conducted earlier this month found 34{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} of Americans think keeping U.S. jobs from going overseas should be a top priority for the administration. Individual tax cuts (25{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222}) were the second highest economic priority, ranking higher overall than reducing the deficit (19{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222}). Cutting taxes for businesses was seen as […]

April 27, 2017

First 100 Days Have Not Changed Voter Preference for Control of Congress

Written by Micah Roberts

The April NBC/WSJ survey finds voters prefer a Democrat controlled Congress to a Republican controlled Congress by a margin of 47{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} to 43{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222}. That’s no different than where we left off in late October 2016 when all registered voters preferred Democrat over GOP control of Congress by 46{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} to 44{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222}. And, as the chart below […]