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As Obama leaves office, hopes of a “post-racial America” a distant dream
By Dave Korzinski, Research Associate January 16, 2017 – On January 11, just five days before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Democratic Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis testified against Senator Jeff Sessions’ nomination to the role of Attorney General
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Americans on both sides see this election cycle as “really damaging” to their country
November 4, 2016 – With just days left in the U.S. Presidential election, Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 4 percentage points among likely voters, according to new polling data collected by the Angus Reid Institute in partnership with MARU/Matchbox.
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Canadians are less likely to believe conspiracy theories than Americans
By Ian Holliday, Research Associate November 2, 2016 – The 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign has been awash in conspiracy theories, from the abstract and arguably metaphorical (think Bernie Sanders’ insistence that the American economic and political system is “rigged” in favour
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Canada-U.S. perspectives: ‘sunny ways’ versus gloomy days
Opinions about their own country, and those of their neighbour, reveal starkly contrasting outlooks March 9, 2016 – When it comes to self-reflection on the states of their own nations, a new, two-country public opinion poll from the Angus Reid
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Trump and Clinton supporters: Shared personal experiences, massive disagreements on policy
Half said they would vote to block opposing candidate, rather than support their own September 19, 2016 – As the world begins to consider the implications of Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, a comprehensive
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Canadians have a more favourable view of their Supreme Court than Americans have of their own
Most find the current process for appointing justices unacceptable, however. August 17, 2015 – In the academic world, it’s known as the “courts/parliament trade-off:” people either believe one institution or the other should have the final say on contentious policy
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