Americans on the U.S. at 250 Large Majorities Say Government Is Not Fulfilling Founders’ Vision toServe the Common Good, Be Guided By the People Say Elections Not Enough; Support New Ways to Consult We the […]
Public Opposes Expanding Presidential Power to Control Independent Agencies, Block Federal Spending, Replace Civil Servants In the midst of current debates about expanding Presidential authority, a new survey finds majority opposition among the public. Large […]
Nine Major Proposals for Government Regulating Artificial Intelligence Favored by Very Large Bipartisan Majorities of Voters As the House’s new Task Force on Artificial Intelligence considers how government should address AI issues, such as deepfakes […]
Ban on Stock Trading for Members of Congress Favored by Overwhelming Bipartisan Majority Overwhelming bipartisan majorities favor prohibiting stock-trading in individual companies by Members of Congress (86%, Republicans 87%, Democrats 88%, independents 81%), as well […]
Five-in-Six Americans Favor Constitutional Amendment on Term Limits for Members of Congress An in-depth study finds that five-in-six Americans favor a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on Members of Congress. While there has not […]
Americans on Lobbying Restrictions for Former Government Officials As 66 soon-to-be former Members of Congress and their staffs move out of their congressional offices, very large bipartisan majorities support proposals in current legislation extending the […]
Groundbreaking Study Finds Americans Want Policymakers to Consult the People Ahead of the 2022 midterms, an in-depth survey finds that large bipartisan majorities of voters favor Members of Congress using new tools for consulting representative […]
Six-in-Ten Favor Ranked Choice Voting in Federal Elections Based on an in-depth survey, 61% of voters favor using ranked choice voting in general federal elections, including 73% of Democrats and 55% of independents. Republicans are […]
Major Report Shows Nearly 150 Issues on Which Majorities of Republicans & Democrats Agree “Common Ground of the American People” Report Based on In-Depth Surveys of More than 80,000 Americans Defying conventional wisdom about a polarized […]
Large and Growing Majority Favors Permanent Paid Medical and Family Leave While Congress passed legislation requiring temporary paid family and medical leave for those affected by the coronavirus, a new in-depth survey by the Program […]