Showing posts with label poll. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poll. Show all posts

Public Support For Marijuana Legalization Hits Record High

by Adam Wollner.        A record number of Americans are in favor of legalizing marijuana, according to a new released Tuesday. The poll, which was conducted Oct. 3-6, reports that 58 percent of the public supports the legalization of marijuana, while 39 percent opposes it. The tide of public opinion appears to be rapidly turning in favor of   ... MORE

Walter E Williams: Loving And Hating America

Check with those voting with their feet.      As I've documented in the past, many leftist teachers teach our youngsters to hate our country. For example, University of Hawaii Professor Haunani-Kay Trask counseled her students, "We need to think very, very clearly about who the enemy is. The enemy is the United States of America and everyone who  ... MORE

FOX NEWS POLL: Majority Against Raising Debt Ceiling

But politicians LOVE to spend.    Soon Congress will have to vote on raising the nation’s debt limit so the federal government can borrow more money to make good on its spending commitments.  If it were up to the American public, they would vote no -- with a majority saying the debt limit should only be raised after major spending cuts have been  ... MORE

Poll Shows Ted Cruz Preferred GOP Candidate

Two liberty advocates top the list.       PPP's newest national poll finds Ted Cruz is now the top choice of Republican primary voters to be their candidate for President in 2016. He leads the way with 20% to 17% for Rand Paul, 14% for Chris Christie, 11% for Jeb Bush, 10% each for Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan, 4% for Bobby Jindal, and 3% each for Rick   ... MORE

A Majority Of Americans Oppose The Internet Sales Tax

Our "representatives" continue to pursue it anyway.     Public support is waning for the Marketplace Fairness Act, according to a new poll commissioned by the National Taxpayers Union and the R Street InstituteThe poll, which was released last week, found that 57 percent of all likely voters oppose legislation like the Marketplace      ... MORE

Rasmussen Poll: 82% Realize U.S. Is Not Winning Drug War

The people seem to be educable.         Americans continue to overwhelmingly believe the so-called war on drugs is failing, but they are more divided on how much the United States should be spending on it. Just four percent (4%) of American Adults believe the United States is winning the war on drugs, according to a new Rasmussen Reports  ... MORE

Most Americans Favor 'Stand Your Ground' Laws

Quinnipiac University poll reveals inconvenient truth.    Most U.S. voters support the "Stand Your Ground" laws, although the question of whether to retreat or use deadly force in self defense divides Americans along gender, racial and political lines, a national poll found on Friday. The February 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin,    ... MORE

Americans More Concerned With Privacy Than Terrorism

A Pew Research study.     For the first time in almost a decade, the majority of Americans are more concerned about the government infringing on their civil liberties than about a potential terrorist attack, according to a new poll by Pew Research. US citizens have traditionally responded to similar polls by saying the government has not      ... MORE

Race Relations Plummet During The Obama Regime

Racial division a calling card of liberalism.      Public attitudes about race relations have plummeted since the historic election of President Barack Obama, according to a new poll from NBC News and the Wall Street Journal. Only 52 percent of whites and 38 percent of blacks have a favorable opinion of race relations in the country,      ... MORE

Emily Goff: Cut Government Spending To Help Economy?

Majority says yes.    A recent Rasmussen poll (subscription required) found that 65 percent of likely voters want the government to cut spending to help alleviate the country’s economic woes. Four years after the official end of the recession in June 2009, the economy is growing sluggishly. As The Wall Street Journal reports today, the     ... MORE

Folks Use 'Incompetent' And 'Liar' To Describe Obama

Jennifer Harper on Pew Research findings.     One gauge of a president’s favorability is the assorted descriptors the public volunteers to a pollster about the leader of the Free World. The Pew Research Center has tracked the assorted description of President Obama over the years, and has this to say: “The survey finds that the one-word       ... MORE

Dan Mangan: Poll Finds ObamaCare Is Already Hurting Jobs

No surprise here.      Small business owners' fear of the effect of the new health-care reform law on their bottom line is prompting many to hold off on hiring and even to shed jobs in some cases, a recent poll found.  "We were startled because we know that employers were concerned about the Affordable Care Act and the effects it       ... MORE

Poll: Americans Angry With DOJ's Intimidation Of Media

Federal tyranny is the only thing transparent.     The Internal Revenue Service scandal is just one hot-button issue that the Obama administration is facing. The other is the government investigating reporters. And new poll new numbers indicate, many Americans are not happy with the Justice Department snooping on the press, CBS    ... MORE

Bob Unruh: Nullification Is America's Answer To Feds

Avoid revolution, just say no.   On the heels of a poll that showed 29 percent of registered voters believe an “armed revolution” may be needed in America to restore liberties, a second poll indicates Americans already have figured out a solution – reject federal laws that are unconstitutional. The previous poll by Fairleigh Dickinson     ... MORE

Gun Crime Has Plunged, But Americans Think It Is Up

Emily Alpert on a Pew Research study.   Gun crime has plunged in the United States since its peak in the middle of the 1990s, including gun killings, assaults, robberies and other crimes, two new studies of government data show. Yet few Americans are aware of the dramatic drop, and more than half believe gun crime has risen, according to a  ... MORE

Gay Marriage Polls Foretell Marijuana Legalization

by Hunter Walker.  With the Supreme Court now at least considering a definitive statement in favor of gay marriage and support for marriage equality now practically a litmus test issue for Democratic politicians, Americans across the political spectrum are expressing surprise at how rapidly this once marginalized idea became something like a    ... MORE

Gun Control Efforts Persist But Public Support Dims

Polls find fewer favor gun rights restrictions.    Vice President Joseph R. Biden, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other gun control advocates insisted Wednesday that both momentum and public opinion are on their side, but recent polling shows Americans turning against stricter laws as more time elapses since the Newtown   ... MORE

Mark Thornton: Nullify The War On Drugs

The marriage of two liberty concepts.  Public opinion now favors the outright legalization of marijuana with nearly three-out-of-four adults in favor of legalizing medical marijuana. These numbers should continue to grow, because the polls exhibit a type of “generation effect,” in that people are not changing their minds as they   ... MORE

Rasmussen Poll: 6% Rate News Media As Very Trustworthy

What are they thinking?        Most voters still get their news from television and consider the news reported by the media generally trustworthy. Fifty-six percent (56%) of Likely U.S. Voters say they get most of their news from TV, including 32% who get it from cable news networks and 24% who get it from traditional network news. A new        ... MORE