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Public Discontent is Growing

Some polls.

How the American Public Really Feels About the Booming Space Economy in 2026

In democracies, opinion polls are one of the most common ways to measure public and therefore political support for an issue. Because space exploration is still closely tied to th...

The public’s view of the Supreme Court

One of the more controversial topics concerning the Supreme Court is how attuned justices should be to public opinion. An even more fundamental question, however, is how closely pu...

Should We Ever Trust Polls Again? 

Polls everywhere in primary season. Can they be trusted?

How reliable are political polls right now? NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks to G. Elliott Morris from the data-driven news website, Strength In Numbers.

What the public thinks of the Supreme Court

The Marquette Law School Poll, which I direct, conducts six polls each year that track approval of the court and ask for the public’s view on the outcome of cases. Our latest poll,...

TRACKER: Public opinion polls on Marcos, Duterte

Who do Filipinos like more: President Bongbong Marcos or Vice President Sara Duterte? Here’s a real-time tracker of what major surveys have found.

New Survey Data on Public Perceptions of the Supreme Court

A detailed Marquette Law School poll finds public views of the Court are modestly negative, but most major recent decisions enjoy majority public support.

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Why primary polls appear to be so inaccurate this year

Results in some high-profile races this primary season have differed greatly from public opinion polls. In the Michigan Senate Democratic primary, progressive Abdul El-Sayed had do...

How Well Do You Know American Voters?

My son has launched another political game — and this one is especially fun. It’s called Pollster and the idea is simple: You’re shown a real polling question and have to guess the...

Survey Said…

The latest Indy Politics Informal Ask  surveyis closed, and the results show a readership that remains largely Republican in its voting intentions while giving low ...

Pollsters Do Their Autopsy

Plus: Eggs on ice, Chicago's teachers unions, and more...

Polling Pennsylvania: ‘No' to Wealth Caps, ‘Yes' to Taxing Rich

In the latest installment of RealClear Opinion Research's continuing exploration of Pennsylvania public opinion, we partnered again with Emerson Polling to survey 2,000 residents o...

What Are We Worried About?

Charles Franklin: “My new Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds inflation and the cost of living is rated the most important issue by 35% of the public. This has been the...

Democratic Socialists on the Rise?

Young Democrats, especially, view the group favorably.

Is it time to axe political polling? Firm collapses after admitting its numbers were a ‘social experiment’

Median Strategies, which presented itself as an independent polling and research firm, recently shut down after the Los Angeles Times exposed it for fabricating a survey showing a...

Why Polling Chaos Could Create Big Problems for Politics

New York Times: “Polls are traditionally used to measure public opinion, not mold it. But this year, several Democratic campaigns have seized on unreliable polls to push the percep...

Polling results on capitalism and socialism

The results suggest that the public is feeling down about capitalism but is still wary of full-blown socialism. And many are deciding whether a few socialist candidates might help...

What do teachers think about K-12 education and school choice?

How the public feels about education issues is recorded by a stream of never-ending polls.  It’s rare to have a poll ask teachers their views on a variety of education policy topic...

Despite Primary Whiffs, Poll Haters Are Still Wrong

One of the things about politics that people love to hate is polling. To a certain extent, this antipathy is entirely understandable.

What a fake poll reveals about worries around prediction markets and the midterms

While a stunt involving fake polls may not have been an effort to rig prediction markets, concerns are growing ahead of the midterms about other attempts to influence the betting s...

July Harvard Caps / Harris Poll: Trump Approval Sees No Change at 42% with Inflation Still Top Concern

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One Internal Pollster Saw the Primary Results Coming

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