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Nearly half of Republicans want their party to move farther to the right, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll. Democrats mostly want their party to stay the same. Forty-six percent…
The allegations building against Bill O’Reilly are apparently taking a harsh toll on his trustworthiness and favorability among Americans. Only 35 percent of Americans still find the Fox News host…
Americans care more about keeping the Department of Homeland Security open than about rolling back President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll finds — but most…
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani isn’t alone in questioning whether President Barack Obama loves America, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll. Giuliani has since partially walked back on…
A little more than six months after an unarmed Michael Brown was fatally shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, Americans remain in many ways as divided along racial…
Americans think that it was a breach of protocol for House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to Congress, but they still want…
After a week of controversy around Brian Williams’ recount of an incident during the Iraq War, a significant fraction of Americans view him as untrustworthy, and think he should be…
WASHINGTON — Despite a week of political controversy over childhood vaccinations, the American public remains largely undivided on the issue. While a recent study suggests that coverage of controversy over…
Hardly anyone thinks candidates’ high school drug use is a reason not to vote for them, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll. A Boston Globe profile of former Florida Gov….
If you read polls in the news, you’re probably familiar with the term “margin of error.” What you may not know is that pollsters disagree fiercely about when it should…
Concern over gas prices has fallen steeply in the past few months, but a gas tax hike remains unpopular. The percentage of Americans for whom gas prices are at least…
Americans largely think the current tax system favors the wealthy and needs to be reformed, but not very many expect to be personally affected by President Barack Obama’s proposed reforms,…
WASHINGTON — The economic vision President Barack Obama laid out in last Tuesday’s State of the Union has widespread appeal, as do many of his key policy proposals — but…
The state of the State of the Union remains largely unwatched. Last year’s State of the Union was Jan. 28, 2014. Here’s a chart of President Barack Obama’s average approval…