Just the social facts, ma'am

The General Social Survey has a question beginning "Some people think that the government in Washington should do everything possible t...

In a previous post, I mentioned that I had once compiled data on education, occupation, and vote in American presidential elections from 1...

I saw a reference to a survey question asked by the Gallup Poll in 1963:  "On the whole, would you say that you are satisfied or dissat...

My last post took changes in the effects of education and income on economic opinions (or at least one important economic opinion) back to 1...

In the 1950s, people with higher "social standing" were more likely to vote Republican.  That was true if you measured social stan...

The changes in responses to the question discussed in my last post seemed to show that attitudes towards immigrants became more negative bet...

In 1986, a CBS News/NY Times poll asked "Overall, would you say most recent immigrants to the United States contribute to this country ...