“We usually expect opinions on the operation of government to shift depending on which party is in charge … but there’s an ominous feeling by Democrats and Republicans alike that a ‘Deep State’ of unelected operatives are pulling the levers of power.”
Under Trump, about seven of 10 people believe the U.S. government is doing a poor job of eradicating and preventing corruption, up from about half of Americans in 2016.
Since President Donald Trump entered office in January, the number of Americans concerned about rampant corruption in the White House has surged, according to public opinion polling conducted in October and November. The
The poll also revealed that Germans overwhelmingly see their security future as entangled with a joint European Union security force; only 9% see it as connected to the United States.
Opinion -- A public opinion poll on German foreign policy carried out by the Koerber Foundation for its annual
The United States was the only country to show an overall decline in Favorability in 2017.
The US is usually number 1 in the German research firm Gfk’s rankings, headed up by political consultant Simon Anholt. They ask some 22,000 people around the world to rank countries on six
But “crusaders” backed by foreign interests shape policy
On November 3, professor John Mearsheimer made a short and stunning presentation at "U.S. Foreign Policy in the Trump Era: Can Realism and Restraint Prevail?" conference held at George Washington
The idea of forcing young people to serve a mandatory year in the armed forces — as opposed to a draft — was, not surprisingly, least popular among young Americans.
Nearly half of Americans favor mandatory military service for the country’s youth, according to a recent poll from Gallup. The polling organization
The decline in optimism about the nation’s trajectory is particularly pronounced among Republicans. In June, 60 percent of Republicans said the country was headed in the right direction; now it’s just 44 percent.
Just 24 percent of Americans believe the country is heading in the right direction after a tumultuous stretch for President Donald Trump that included the threat of war with North Korea, stormy complaints about hurricane relief and Trump’s equivocating about white supremacists. That’s a 10-point drop since June, according to a poll
