Research Findings

Most Americans, including those who have guns in their homes, want to see the ten-year-old ban on assault weapons extended. And even though the National Rifle Association’s leadership is intensely opposed to renewal, about half of those with an NRA member in their household support continuing the ban, the University of Pennsylvania’s National Annenberg Election

The public agrees with President Bush that American troops should be kept in Iraq until a stable government is established, but does not think he has a clear plan for achieving success there, the University of Pennsylvania’s National Annenberg Election Survey shows. Moreover, majorities now think the situation in Iraq was not worth going to

Americans consider President Bush steadier, a stronger leader, more likeable and less likely to bow to political pressure than Senator John F. Kerry. But they consider Kerry more knowledgeable than Bush and less reckless or stubborn, too, according to the University of Pennsylvania’s National Annenberg Election Survey. In polling conducted between March 21 and April

The first salvos of Bush and Kerry television advertisements appears to have produced few important changes in public attitudes toward the two candidates, the University of Pennsylvania’s National Annenberg Election Survey shows. A comparison of national public attitudes toward the two candidates in the first half of March with those in the second half, shows

Ralph Nader, whose independent candidacy worries Democrats who think he cost them the White House in 2000, has become distinctly unpopular with the American public which held a balanced view of him four years ago, the University of Pennsylvania’s National Annenberg Election Survey shows. In 2000, Annenberg polling showed that 24 percent of the public

Far from putting the disputed 2000 election behind them, 69 percent of Democrats say Al Gore really won it but was “somehow cheated” out of the White House, and that group provides a core of intense support for Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts, the University of Pennsylvania’s National Annenberg Election Survey shows. That sense

If Democrats keep running against Herbert Hoover, as they have on and off since 1932, they may have to invest in a substantial educational campaign to make it clear that they are not talking about a former FBI director, a dam on the Colorado river, or vacuum cleaners. Democratic candidates and interest groups frequently charge

A year after the war on Iraq began with overwhelming support from the public, Americans are about evenly split over whether the conflict was worth it, and a majority want to pay less or nothing to rebuild Iraq, the University of Pennsylvania’s National Annenberg Election Survey shows. Among 2,575 adults interviewed between March 1 and

Vice President Cheney’s rating with the American public is virtually unchanged since the end of February. The latest polling by the University of Pennsylvania’s National Annenberg Election Survey, among 2,575 adults between March 1 and 15, shows that 35 percent of the public has a favorable opinion of him and 34 percent an unfavorable view.

A majority of the American public considers it inappropriate for President Bush’s reelection campaign to use images from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in its television commercials, the University of Pennsylvania’s National Annenberg Election Survey shows. While the heaviest criticism came from committed supporters of John Kerry, there was also significant unhappiness about the