While the academic year is drawing to a close in schools across the country, Americans are not ready to let Congress and the president take a vacation from the issue of education reform. In a new Gallup study conducted May 4-5, eight-in-ten (81{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222}) adults say “improving the quality of education received by American school children” […]
During the 2012 election, one of the perceived advantages President Obama held over Mitt Romney was the president’s seemingly firm grasp of foreign policy issues. During the summer months of the campaign, fully 47{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} of voters felt President Obama was better equipped to handle foreign affairs issues compared to 32{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} for Romney according to a […]
With the recent bombing in Boston, terrorism has returned to the forefront of American minds. But did the horror of last month’s attack have the effect of making Americans more worried about becoming a victim of terrorism themselves? Fortunately, there is historical data available to answer that question. Many thanks to the public opinion archives […]
With the flurry of media attention surrounding the Gang of Eight releasing the details of its bipartisan immigration reform bill a couple weeks ago, immigration reform has once again moved to the front-burner of American political discourse. Catchphrases such as “securing our borders” and “providing a pathway to citizenship” have been used so much in […]
Dan Balz quoted Bill McInturff in a Washington Post column about what Republicans have been doing since November. BusinessWire discussed the results of a national health care survey conducted by Public Opinion Strategies and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research.
This is the first in a series of posts on a survey of 3,103 18-29 year-olds conducted by the Harvard Institute of Politics and Knowledge Networks. The survey was conducted March 20, 2013 – April 8, 2013. President Obama’s approval rating with 18-29 year olds is 52{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} approve/46{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} disapprove. This is marginally better than his […]
In six of the last nine years, Public Opinion Strategies has analyzed the policy proposals put forth by every state’s governor in their annual State of the State speeches.* Overall, there were 580 policy proposals this year—370 from Republican governors, 196 from Democratic governors, and the remainder from an Independent. Over time we have tracked […]
Public Opinion Strategies and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research conducted a national poll that shows nearly two-thirds of Americans who take prescription medications are non-adherent, meaning they are not taking their medications as prescribed by their doctors. This has real implications on Americans’ health.
In the NBC/Wall Street Journal survey from February (conducted jointly by POS partner Bill McInturff and Fred Yang of Hart Research Associates), respondents were asked an extensive series of questions on what party does a better job of handling certain issues. Republicans came out ahead on issues where they are traditionally strong (national defense, government […]
Bill McInturff was on MSNBC’s Daily Rundown with Chuck Todd today to discuss public policy trends across the states based on an analysis conducted by the firm on all 50 State of the State speeches. Click here for more information on the State of the State speeches.
