In order to prevent the Government from defaulting on its financial commitments, the United States Congress will need to raise the debt celling in the next few months, it is a tale as old as time. But polling from YouGov/the…
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68% of Americans support the legalization of marijuana, according to a new poll by Gallup. In 1969 when Gallup first started asking Americans about their views of legalizing the substance just 12% were in favor. By 2000 it had reached…
Americans Divided on a Divided Congress
A poll by YouGov conducted in the days following the 2022 Midterm General Election finds that Americans are split on if they think a divided congress would be a good or bad thing. Many expected this to happen by November…
Election Day in the United States is tomorrow (November 8) and a new Economist/YouGov poll finds that both Democrats and Republicans are worried about it. Democrats are worried about potential of voter intimidation or the spreading of COVID-19 with in-person…
Four in the registered voters in the United States say that they have already voted or plan to vote early for the upcoming Midterm elections. in 2010 only 26% of voters voted early compared to 41% this year. Early voters…
COVID Conspiracies Leads to Believing Other Conspiracy Theories
New research has found that the belief that the Coronavirus Pandemic is a hoax, that its severity as exaggerated for other reasons, is a ‘gateway’ to believing in conspiracy theories in general. People who reported greater belief in various conspiracies…
Women-Led Protests in Iran have most of Americans Approval
On September 16, 22 year old Mahsa Amini died in the custody of Iran’s morality police for allegedly breaking a rule about the mandatory wearing of the hijab, her death sparked massive protests in Iran and 67% of Americans say…
Supreme Court’s Last Term leaves Americans Divided on New Term
While the new term for the United Staes Supreme Court begins today, Americans are very divided in their opinion of the nations highest court. While the overall opinion of the court seems to have recovered a little from the June…
More Americans Support National Right to Abortion
South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham last week introduced legislation that would put a national ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The proposed law wouldn’t stop states from having stricter restrictions, but would stop states that allow abortions…
Americans Back Ukraine
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine nears its eighth month, a clear majority of Americans would rather the United States back Ukraine in gaining back it’s territory from Russia-even if that means prolonging a war rather than ceding to Russia.…