The People's Party

Note: where multiple polls are listed,
the most recent one is to the right
Civil liberties and justice

• 54% oppose NSA surveillance on Americans
• 60% of likely voters believe the Patriot Act ought to be modified
• 73% favor restoring voting rights to ex-nonviolent offenders
• 70% oppose racial profiling by police
• 58% say miliarization of police has gone too far
• 57% of Americans consider Snowden a whistleblower, not a traitor
• 71%,77% oppose mandatory minimums for non-violent offenses

Corporations

• Eight in ten Americans oppose the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United

Drugs

• 50, 53, 58% support pot legalization but only 1% of the Senate
• 86, 78% support medical marijuana
• 82% Say U.S. Not Winning War on Drugs

Ecology

• For the first time since Gallup began asking the question in 1994, a majority of Americans now oppose the use of nuclear energy. Forty-four percent are in favor, down significantly from 51% last year.
• 70% recognize existance of climate change
• 70 percent of Americans want their states to develop plans to meet the EPA’s guidelines.
• 78 percent back federal action to limit emissions from businesses, including 60 percent of Republicans
• 72% support strengthened protection against air and water pollution
• 67% want increased fuel efficiency for cars and trucks
• 65% want expanded alternative energy development
• 67% support emission restrictions on coal fired plants
• 62, 67% want carbon pollution cut even if it costs more

Economy

• 67% believe economy is unfair to middle class
• 60% of voters said they are more likely to support a candidate who supports fair pay for women, a higher minimum wage, paid family and medical leave and paid sick days.
• 80-51-73% support increase in minimum wage
• 63% support a $15 minimum wage
• 55% favor extension of unemployment benefits
• 59% say wealth should be more fairly distributed
• Overwhelming support for federal spending to help economy
• 64 percent believe job creation should be the top priority. Only 33 percent said deficit reduction
• 55% want too big to fail banks to fail

Education

• 64% think children are subjected to too many standardized tests. This includes strong majorities from all major demographic groups (black, hispanic and white) as well as all political (Republican, Democrat and Independent)
• Testing was rated last as an accurate measure of school effectiveness
• A majority opposes including student standardized test scores as part of teacher evaluations
• 53% think school shouldn't open until after Labor Day
• 68 percent of the public school parents think standardized tests are not helpful.
  81% want government to invest more in higher education
• Sixty-one percent of parents said they were opposed to closing low-performing schools and reassigning students to a different school...
• More than three out of every four parents said they were opposed to reducing compensation for teachers or cutting resources for the classroom while increasing spending on charter schools.
• 58 percent said they did not approve of officials lengthening the school day,
• 56 percent are opposed to giving tax dollars to families to pay for private school tuition
• A majority of parents surveyed said that too much learning in the classroom has been sacrificed in order to accommodate state tests during the school year. A majority of parents reported that their children have been anxious about those tests.

Food

• 92. 89 percent say GMO food should be labelled

Foreign affairs

• 55, 59, 68 percent support an agreement in which the United States and its negotiating partners lift major economic sanctions in exchange for restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program.
• 61% think we give too much aid to Israel
• 56% of Americans support an interim deal with Iran that would ease some economic sanctions on that country in exchange for concessions on Iran's nuclear program,
• Only 14 percent of Americans say the U.S. has “any responsibility” to get involved in Ukraine, and only 18 percent think the U.S. “has any responsibility to protect Ukraine if Russia were to invade."
• Gallup says that Israel’s actions in Gaza were unjustified in the eyes of the young, people of color, women, and Democrats, and overwhelmingly in some of those categories 51-25% disapproval among the young. 47-35 percent among Democrats, 44-33 among women, 49-25 among nonwhites.
• 56% favor normal relations with Cuba
• Sixty-eight percent support ending the trade embargo with Cuba
• 66% think the Afghan war wasn't worth it

Gays

• 74 percent say equality under the law should trump religious beliefs. 63% say KIim Davis should register gay mariages despite her religiously-based objections.
• 59% support Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage
• 61, 50, 60% support gay marriages
• 54% say businesses do not have the right to refuse services based on the business' religious beliefs
• 69% of Americans say that same sex couples should be allowed to adopt children. This is up from 29% in 1992
• 54, 55% favor law prohibiting workplace discrimination against LGBT people

Health

• 58% support Medicare for all
• 86% of adults (including 91% of Democrats and 83% of Republicans) support policies that make it easier for those 18 and older to get the full range of birth control methods.
• 63% support Supreme Court decision on Obamacare

Immigration

• 72, 65% favor path to citizenship for illegal immigrants

Internet

• 81% - including 85% of Republicans - support net neutrality

Labor

• 58% of Americans support labor unions
• 75% of Americans support paid vacations

NSA

• 55% of Americans think Snowden did the right thing. 80% of his supporters think he exposed constitutional violations:
• 56% don't approve of spying on allies
• Americans overwhelmingly opposed to NSA spying on them

Politics

• 78 percent want Citizens United overturned
• 72% of Americans support a new law that would provide qualified candidate with limited public matching funds for small contributions they raise from constituents. Nearly four in ten (39%) strongly support this proposal.
• A majority of likely voters among Democrats (75%), Independents (64%) and Republicans (54%) see the wave of spending by Super PACs this election cycle as “wrong and leads to our elected officials representing the views of wealthy donors.”
• 84% of Americans think money has too much influence in U.S. politics.
• Majority would ban Super PACS
• 50% support federal funding of campaigns

Population

• 59% are concerned that there won't be enough food and resources to accommodate a growing world population

Public works

• 72% support more funding for public works

Social Security

• 87% of Americans want Social Security spending increased or held steady
• Oppose cutting SS annual increase

Taxes

• 80% favor ending offshore tax havens

Trade

• 55% oppose a TPP type trade deal

War

• Believe it's OK to cut defense spending

Washington

• 81% disapprove of the job that Congress is doing

Women
58% support abortion in most cases
Only 22% favor eliminating all federal funding for Planned Parenthood
70% Favor Legalizing Over-The-Counter Birth Control
Who's pro-choice?

   

• 60% of voters said they are more likely to support a candidate who supports fair pay for women, a higher minimum wage, paid family and medical leave and paid sick days.