Rasmussen & Gallup: Dishonesty & Disinformation

Voters Want Growth, Not Income Redistribution A Commentary By Michael Barone “He cites a recent Gallup poll showing that while 82 percent of Americans think it’s extremely or very important to “grow and expand the economy” and 70 percent say it’s similarly important to “increase equality of opportunity for people to get ahead,” only 46 [...]

America’s Hyper-Individualism: a tale of deception & immorality

American Exceptionalism Subsides The American-Western European Values Gap In America, religion is considered important. However, this religiosity is more about individual salvation than helping those in need. From this individualistic worldview, Americans believe individuals control their own lives. This individualism is extended to national isolationism where we believe in only helping our own country. This individualism goes [...]

Do Americans Support Unions & Union Rights?

Public opinion on unions in the US has always been mixed, going up and down. The Cold War led to rhetoric falesly accusing anyone who cared about the lower classes to be Commies. Chomsky has pointed out that, in a democracy, propaganda is a key element the powerful use to keep the powerless in line. Propaganda does work, [...]

Liberalism: Label vs Reality (analysis of data)

I’ve looked at this poll before but was just browsing it now to check out again the liberal data. http://www.people-press.org/files/2011/05/Political-Typology-Detailed-Tables.pdf In the 2005 Pew poll, the demographic was just called ‘Liberals’. In this 2011 Pew poll, the demographic is called ‘Solid Liberals’. So, I don’t know if it is speaking about the exact same demographic [...]

GOP Base vs Traditional Conservatives

There is some interesting data from Pew. I had looked at this data many times before, but in looking at it again I noticed a distinction within the conservative demographics which I hadn’t noticed previously. This distinction seems to at least partly explain why many moderate conservatives have left the GOP in recent years and [...]

Claims of US Becoming Pro-Life

I had someone make the argument that US public opinion wasn’t entirely liberal because of some recent Gallup poll supposedly showing decreasing support for pro-choice. I should point out that I’d never make the argument that Americans don’t hold any conservative-leaning opinions. However, a single poll doesn’t dismiss years of polls that show a reliable [...]

Trust & Compromise, Science & Religion

I noticed several different sets of data about trust in terms of public opinion. (My thoughts here are somewhat a continuation of my thoughts in one of my other recent posts: Public Opinion On Government & Tea Party.) The first piece of data was something I’ve come across before. Basically, Democrats tend to trust government whether [...]

Public Opinion on Tax Cuts for the Rich

I’ve written about tax cuts for the rich in some other posts, but I don’t think I’ve mentioned the aspect of public opinion. I don’t have any commentary. I just wanted to post the data showing a majority Americans want the tax cuts for the rich to end. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20016602-503544.html Fifty-three percent of Americans agree with [...]

Old, Male, White, Religious, Rich Republicans Are Happy! Surprise, Surprise!

It’s interesting which demographics state being the happiest in the US: old, male, white, religious, rich, Republican. It makes sense. In the US, the people who fit this description have had the most privilege, power, and wealth. Consider the comparison between Republicans and Democrats. Why would Republicans be happier? I’m sure it partly relates to Republicans [...]

Most Oppose Cutting Social Security (data)

There is class warfare. The rich have declared class warfare on the middle class. They want to take your money. They’ve already spent it on tax cuts for the rich. They took that 2.5 trillion dollar surplus and already gave it to the rich and the defense contractors and the bankers and the bailouts, etc, [...]