Day: January 5, 2017

Plurality of Americans Pessimistic About U.S.-China Relations Under Trump

Buck Banks

47%

Of Americans expect U.S.-China relations to deteriorate under the Trump administration, according to a YouGov poll from December. Just 19% expect them to improve, while 17% expect them to remain the same. The same poll asked if it was more important to punish China or maintain good relations, and 59% of respondents said maintaining good relations and only 13% wanted to punish China.

Most Americans Say Artists Have the Option to Refuse to Perform at a President’s Inauguration

Buck Banks

56%

Of American voters say artists should have the option to choose not to perform at the inauguration of a president with whom they disagree, according to a new Morning Consult poll, while 31% say artists should perform if asked. The numbers shifted along party lines, with 77% of Democrats saying artists should have the option, versus 15%. Among Republicans, the split was narrower: 53% to 31%, respectively.

‘Make America Sick Again’

Buck Banks

“It’s a world where health insurance companies are jacking up rates, Americans are losing benefits and illness is racking the nation,” Politico reports.

“This is the apocalyptic picture of America offered by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to describe how he sees the health-care landscape after Republicans gut Obamacare. And he has found a slogan — borrowing from perhaps the most successful branding campaigns in modern political history — that he hopes to turn against the GOP repeal plan: ‘Make America Sick Again.’”