Author: Trevor Tompson

By Aaron Morrison and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press March 15, 2022 NEW YORK (AP) — Few Americans believe there has been significant progress over the last 50 years in achieving equal treatment for Black people in dealings with police and the criminal justice system. Most Americans across racial and ethnic groups say more progress…

By Aamer Madhani and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press January 20, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ends his first year in the White House with a clear majority of Americans for the first time disapproving of his handling of the presidency in the face of an unrelenting pandemic and roaring inflation, according to a new poll…

By Seth Borenstein and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press January 26, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans’ faith in science is falling as Democrats rely on it even more, with a trust gap in science and medicine widening substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic, new survey data shows. It’s the largest gap in nearly five decades of polling by the General…

By David Crary and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press June 25, 2021 NEW YORK (AP) — A solid majority of Americans believe most abortions should be legal in the first three months of a woman’s pregnancy, but most say the procedure should usually be illegal in the second and third trimesters, according to a…

By Josh Boak and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press July 22, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — The overwhelming majority of Americans — about 8 in 10 — favor plans to increase funding for roads, bridges and ports and for pipes that supply drinking water. But that’s about as far as Democrats and Republicans intersect on…