Most Americans agree that cuts to certain government spending programs should be used to address the federal budget deficit, but which programs would we pick?  A recent poll from the Media and Public Opinion Research Group (MPO) found that when asked to choose an area of spending for the government to cut, foreign aid was […]

It’s been over a decade since the beginning of the Iraq War and over a year since US combat forces pulled out of the country.  And though the war is technically over, a recent poll from the Media and Public Opinion Research Group finds that half of the American public doesn’t think the US won […]

As the conflict in Syria rages on, policymakers in the US are trying to figure out what, if anything, to do about violent political upheaval.  Polls from the Media and Public Opinion (MPO) Research Group indicate that while most Americans want to do something about the conflict in Syria, we are wary of military intervention. […]