Past Poll Results

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April 14, 2025

Answer the question recently raised by RFK Jr.: “If you're smoking three packs of cigarettes a day, should you expect society to pay when you get sick?”
62.33% -  No
37.67% -  Yes
*Percentage of 35,596 votes

April 13, 2025

Agree or disagree with Bill Maher: "A crazy person doesn't live in the White House. A person who plays a crazy person on TV a lot lives there." (Percentage of 34,634 votes)
62.33% -  Disagree
37.67% -  Agree

April 12, 2025

If the United States brings back manufacturing, will Americans be willing and able to fill all of the new jobs? (Percentage of 60,238 votes)
86.17% -  No
13.83% -  Yes

April 11, 2025

Should humans pursue the de-extinction of species like the dire wolf? (Percentage of 31,201 votes)
64.93% -  No
35.07% -  Yes

April 10, 2025

Setting aside criticism of Trump’s approach and style, do you believe his tariff policies will ultimately benefit the United States? (Percentage of 41,200 votes)
82.1% -  No
17.9% -  Yes

April 09, 2025

Which poses a greater challenge for America's future: young men's decreasing workforce participation or the decline in manufacturing jobs? (Percentage of 34,013 votes)
80.99% -  Young men's decreasing participation
19.01% -  Decline in manufacturing jobs

April 08, 2025

Are President Trump's tariffs a permanent fixture of his trade policy or primarily a negotiating tactic? (Percentage of 33,755 votes)
59.08% -  Negotiating tactic
40.92% -  Permanent fixture

April 07, 2025

Will the Dow Jones Industrial Average close higher or lower this Friday than it did last Friday (38,314.86)? (Percentage of 37,664 votes)
80.22% -  Lower
19.78% -  Higher

April 06, 2025

Do you think the world is treating the United States and its manufacturing base fairly? (Percentage of 35,676 votes)
72.23% -  Yes
27.77% -  No

April 05, 2025

Will the Trump administration tariffs ultimately be good or bad for the United States? (Percentage of 88,171 votes)
92.21% -  Bad
7.79% -  Good

April 04, 2025

Has President Trump just triggered a recession? (Percentage of 39,546 votes)
90.36% -  Yes
9.64% -  No

April 03, 2025

If Trump's tariffs boost American manufacturing, will they outweigh the downsides, such as higher prices and strained international relations? (Percentage of 39,910 votes)
88.06% -  No
11.94% -  Yes

April 02, 2025

Just for sh*ts and giggles, who would win this race in 2028: Barack Obama vs Donald Trump? (Percentage of 39,955 votes)
90.1% -  Obama
9.9% -  Trump

April 01, 2025

Is it fair to lay substantial blame on the law firms who settled with President Trump to get off of his blacklist? (Percentage of 33,210 votes)
78.99% -  Yes
21.01% -  No

March 31, 2025

Looking back at the last 3 years, would you say the U.S. support for Ukraine was too little, too much or just right? (Percentage of 37,102 votes)
70.06% -  Too little
23.66% -  Just right
6.28% -  Too much

March 30, 2025

Is James Carville right in saying the Trump administration is in a state of collapse - or is that just wishful thinking? (Percentage of 35,832 votes)
62.54% -  Wishful
37.46% -  Correct

March 29, 2025

Has President Trump already weathered the worst of the Signal controversy? (Percentage of 55,400 votes)
63.94% -  No
36.06% -  Yes

March 28, 2025

Which was worse: Mike Waltz creating the Signal chat and including an outsider or Pete Hegseth's revelations in the chat? (Percentage of 33,784 votes)
67.75% -  Hegseth
32.25% -  Waltz

March 27, 2025

Ethically speaking, when should journalist Jeffrey Goldberg have revealed his presence in the Houthi group chat on Signal? (Percentage of 37,424 votes)
36% -  Immediately
33.64% -  Never
30.36% -  Once the attack commenced

March 26, 2025

On a scale of 1 (least) to 10 (most) damaging, how do you rate the political impact of the Houthi group chat on the Trump Administration? (Percentage of 40,040 votes)
29.16% -  10
14% -  8
10.49% -  5
9.26% -  7
7.55% -  3
6.98% -  1
6.08% -  6
5.95% -  9
5.48% -  2
5.05% -  4

March 25, 2025

Which was more indicative of poor judgment regarding the Houthi group chat, that they used Signal, or the content of the discussion? (Percentage of 35,257 votes)
70.59% -  Signal
29.41% -  Content

March 24, 2025

Is AOC becoming the new face of the Democratic Party? (Percentage of 33,978 votes)
59.34% -  No
40.66% -  Yes

March 23, 2025

With a h/t to Axios, which theory best explains the Dems' identity crisis? (Percentage of 29,561 votes)
25.13% -  Too woke
18.54% -  Trump's appeal
13.52% -  Podcasts and social media
10.91% -  Elitist policies
9.23% -  The border
8.22% -  It's Biden's fault
6.74% -  Inflation
5.04% -  Elitist words
2.04% -  Testosterone
0.62% -  It's Harris' fault

March 22, 2025

Considering Elon Musk's experience in technology and space, should he have a role in advising the Pentagon on national defense strategies? (Percentage of 62,513 votes)
84.39% -  No
15.61% -  Yes

March 21, 2025

Should education policy be directed more from the federal or state/local level? (Percentage of 29,417 votes)
50.56% -  State/Local
49.44% -  Federal

March 20, 2025

Should acts of vandalism against Tesla vehicles be prosecuted as hate crimes? (Percentage of 37,947 votes)
73.75% -  No
26.25% -  Yes

March 19, 2025

Agree/disagree with Admiral Stavridis that while he “hates” Russia keeping land it seized from Ukraine, such is the “military reality” of negotiated peace? (Percentage of 30,391 votes)
57.98% -  Agree
42.02% -  Disagree

March 18, 2025

Which side benefits politically from the El Salvador deportation controversy: Trump or his opponents? (Percentage of 29,099 votes)
63.28% -  Trump
36.72% -  His opponents

March 17, 2025

Which should be the Democratic priority: collaboration with Republicans so as to influence legislation or blocking the GOP agenda? (Percentage of 32,747 votes)
50.31% -  Blocking
49.69% -  Collaboration

March 16, 2025

Agree or disagree: The Trump administration’s spending cuts are mostly justifiable in light of our $36 trillion national debt. (Percentage of 35,706 votes)
76.42% -  Disagree
23.58% -  Agree

March 15, 2025

Will Trump and Musk cause Republicans to embrace EVs? (Percentage of 49,639 votes)
75.07% -  No
24.93% -  Yes

March 14, 2025

Is Gavin Newsom helping or hurting his presidential ambitions by hosting Charlie Kirk and Steve Bannon on his podcast? (Percentage of 29,630 votes)
38.77% -  Neither
38.22% -  Helping
23.01% -  Hurting

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