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Large bipartisan majorities of voters favor Members of Congress using new tools for consulting representative samples of their constituents on policy decisions, and to take the recommendations of their constituents – as a whole – into account when voting. More than four-in-ten are even ready to cross party lines to vote for candidates who make this commitment–even when an incumbent of their own party is named.

  • Common Ground in the Battlegrounds

    Surveys in Six Swing States and Nationwide Find Over Fifty Policies Supported by Majorities of Both Republicans and Democrats A series of surveys conducted in battleground states and nationwide asked about 66 Federal policy issues across a wide range of controversial topics, and found that for 55 of them majorities of Republicans and Democrats in…

  • In Swing States Bipartisan Majorities Favor Federal Government Actions To Make Housing More Affordable 

    As housing affordability has become a major issue for many Americans, a new survey in six swing states and nationally finds majority support – bipartisan in most cases – for the Federal government taking a variety of actions to make housing more affordable, especially for low and middle-income households.  These include:  providing billions in grants…

  • Swing State Survey: Majorities Favor Path to Citizenship over Mass Deportation, While Strengthening the Border

    Favor Deterring Illegal Border Crossings by Mandating E-Verify for Employers, While Also Increasing Number of Work Visas  As the issue of immigration figures prominently in campaigns across the country, a new survey by the Program for Public Consultation (PPC) in six swing states and nationally finds numerous policies on which majorities of Americans agree, including, in…