Meet John Q. Public, deficit-cutter August 1, 2011 By Steven Kull This article originally appeared in Politico on July 27, 2011. As Democrats and Republicans head perilously closer to federal default on the debt, like teenagers heading toward a cliff in the game of chicken, we might ask “What wouldContinue Reading

Does the Majority Want to Tyrannize the Minority? June 22, 2011 Full article (PDF) American Public Shows How it Would Cut the Budget Deficit In the current struggle over how to deal with the budget deficit, there is a recurring fear on both ends of the political spectrum that theContinue Reading

American Public Sees Democratization of Middle East as Positive for US April 11, 2011 Favors Democratization Even if Countries Become Less Friendly to US Full report (PDF) Questionnaire with findings (PDF) An overwhelming majority of Americans think that it would be positive for the United States if the Middle EastContinue Reading

American Public Shows How it Would Cut the Budget Deficit July 3, 2011 Published February 3, 2011 Full report(PDF) Questionnaire with Findings, Methodology (PDF) A new study finds that when average Americans are presented the federal budget in some detail, most are able to dramatically reduce the budget deficit andContinue Reading