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Here are results of recent polls:

Index:

What Concerns Most Americans:

The Partisan Divisions in America, which most people perceive as
threatening our democracy and tearing our Country Apart:

80% of Americans are Concerned or Very Concerned by the partisan divisions in the U.S. today
See Poll »
93% of Americans, across Party lines, agree it is Important or Very Important to Reduce partisan divisiveness in America today
See Poll, p.9 »
81% say partisan hostility between politicians, among ordinary people, and on the News Media are all Serious or Very Serious problems in America
See Poll, p. 4 »
86% of Americans believe our American democracy is facing Serious challenges or in Crisis
See Poll, p.5 »
70% of Americans believe our Country is in Crisis, and at risk of failing
See Poll »

Extremist Partisan Politicians Dividing Us and
Not Representing the Views of Ordinary Americans:

77% of Americans believe divisiveness in the United States is driven more by political leaders
than by ordinary people.

See Study, p. 11 »   and
73% of Americans say elected leaders do not respect ordinary people’s opinions.
See Poll, p.10 »
65% of Americans say most political candidates run for office “to serve their own personal interests.”   Only 8% say the government is “responsive to the needs of ordinary Americans.”
See Poll »
A record high 62% of Americans feel
neither Political Party adequately represents them,
and a third party is needed!

See Poll »

Money in Politics:

66% of Americans say special interests (Dark Money corruption) dominate the political process
See Poll, p.10 »
A large Majority of Americans
identify money in politics as
one of the top five issues facing our Country.

More than 80% say the influence of money in politics is worse than at any other point
in their lifetime, and

70% believe our democracy is at risk if we do not take immediate steps to fix the problem.
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Misinformation & Disinformation in Media:

95% of Americans believe the spread of misinformation is a Problem or a
Major Problem in America today, and

Most blame social media companies, social media users, and U.S. politicians for its spread.
See Poll »

56% of Americans (including 86% of Republicans and 29% of Democrats) say they lack confidence in the Media in America today, and

Overwhelming Majorities feel media sources that lean-left or lean-right do not tell the full story
See Study, p. 21 »

69% say that traditional and social media drive division and make ordinary Americans seem more divided than we really are.
See Poll, p.22 »

We in the Center Majority Alliance of America
Share These Concerns!

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What Most Americans Want, to Address these Concerns:

Reduce divisiveness in America, and
Bring Americans Together across Party Lines,
to work Together in Peace & Goodwill toward
solving America’s pressing problems:

93% of Americans, across Party lines, agree it is Important or Very Important to Reduce partisan divisiveness in America today
See Poll, p.9 »
Nearly three-quarters of Americans (72%) think it would be a good thing for our country if the American people reject political hostility and divisiveness and focus more on their common ground.
See Poll, p.4 »
More than two-thirds of Americans, including 74% of Democrats, 78% of Republicans and 66% of Independents, agree that we “have more in common with each other than many people think.”
See Poll, p.4 »
78% of Americans say it is Very Important to the Country that Republicans and Democrats
work together on issues

See Poll »,   and
88% say it is Important or Very Important that political leaders put aside destructive partisan divisiveness
See Poll, p.12 »
67% of Americans want their Member of Congress to work collaboratively across the Party Divide to achieve solutions and pass legislation.
See Poll »
66% of Republicans, 64% of Democrats, and 62% of Independents or politically unaffiliated people say it is Very Important that Communities and Government work together more effectively to solve problems.
See Poll, p.19 »
58% of Americans, including Majorities of Republicans, Democrats & Independents, believe that community dialogues between Republicans and Democrats would help bring the Country together.
See Poll, p.21 »

Fair, Secure & Hassle-Free Elections:

91% of Americans say that to create a healthier democracy it is Important or Very Important that elections are fair, secure, and hassle-free
See Poll, p.12 »
93% of Americans consider the Right to Vote an “essential right important to being an American.”
See Poll »

Accountability of Elected Officials to
the American People they are supposed to serve:

95% of Americans say it is Important or Very Important to our Country that Elected officials face serious consequences for misconduct
See Poll, p.12 »
Majorities of Americans, across Party lines, believe we must elect the right people to represent us or our democracy needs systemic change, so that our political system can become less divisive, and so that ordinary people can have more of a voice
See Poll, pp.7,8 »

Get the influence of Money out of Politics, so that
Elected Leaders serve ordinary People, not just the Rich & Powerful:

90% of Americans say it is Important or Very Important to our Country that campaign contributions not lead to greater political influence
See Poll, p.12 »
88% of Americans say it is Important or Very Important that government serve ordinary people, not just the rich and powerful
See Poll, p.12 »
62% of Americans say that reducing the influence of money in politics and the power of special interests is the most important thing that could be done to bring the Country together
See Poll, p.28 »
81% of Democrats and 79% of Republicans support their members of Congress working with the opposing party to reduce the influence of money in politics.

An overwhelming majority — 78% of Americans — say we need sweeping new laws to reduce the influence of money in politics.

See Poll »

80% of Americans support bipartisan political reform to reduce the influence of big money in politics, and require full disclosure of
all money being raised and spent
to influence our elections.

See Poll »

Level the Economic Playing Field, so that
Everyone has an equal chance to Succeed,
not just the Rich & Powerful:

95% of Americans say it is Important or Very Important that Everyone has an
equal opportunity to succeed

See Poll »
Bipartisan majorities of Americans consider
each of the following to be
“essential rights important to being an American today”:
“Equal Opportunity” (93%);
the “right to a job” (85%);
“a quality education” (92%);
“affordable health care” (89%);
“clean air and water” (93%);
the “right to vote” (93%);
“free speech” (94%), and
“privacy of personal data” (94%)

See Study »

Accurate, Unbiased News & Information:

91% of Americans say it is Important or Very Important that people have accurate, trustworthy, news and information
See Poll, p.12 »
65% of Americans say the single most Important thing that could bring our Country together would be creating more accurate, trustworthy, and accessible sources of news and information

69% of Republicans, 69% of Democrats, 65% of Independents share this view. Similar percentages share this view regardless of whether their principal source of news is Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS or NBC.
See Poll, p.28 »

70% of Americans say it is Very Important that News organizations do not favor a Political Party
See Poll »

We in the Center Majority Alliance of America
Share These Views and Stand for these Solutions!

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What are the Top Policy Priorities of Most Americans:

Pew Research Polls found that the Top Policy Priorities of the Majority of Americans were as follows:


January 2024:
PEW Poll - Americans' Top Policy Issues - January 2024

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June 2023:
PEW Poll - Top Issues - June 2023

January 2023:
PEW Poll - Top Issues - January 2023

January 2022:
PEW  Poll - Top Issues - January, 2022

January 2021:

We in the Center Majority Alliance of Americans share these priorities — with particular focus on those held by broad bipartisan majorities of Americans:

– Strengthening the economy
– Improving the Job situation
– Improving the political system so that it works for the Majority of Americans
– Reducing crime
– Securing Social Security & Medicare
– Reducing health care costs
– Improving Education & Access to good education for All Americans
– And others

We in the Center Majority Alliance of America
Share the above Concerns & Priorities
of the Vast Majority of Americans!

Read more about the Principles we Stand For & the Policies we Support »

Joining Together & Voting Together,
We are electing Center Majority Candidates in Both Political Parties
To Represent us, the Majority of the American People,
and Work Together Constructively Across the Party Divide to
deliver Solutions sought by the Vast Majority of the American People!

Voting Together, as the Vast 66% Center Majority of Americans,
We Hold the Power in America Today!

The Center Majority of America vs. Extreme Partisans - January, 2021

Like 62% of Americans, do you too feel
neither Political Party today really represents you?

Do you feel uneasy with the direction some in your Party are taking – but can’t see yourself joining the other Party
or throwing your vote away in a powerless third party?

Stay in your Party – or stay an Independent – and
Join the Center Majority Alliance of America!

We are a Cross-Party Voting Alliance and Movement of
Reasonable Independents, Republicans & Democrats.
We are not a third party. Joining us does not require you to leave your Party.

We are a Cross-Party Alliance & Voting Coalition, and Common Interest Group of
Independents, Republicans & Democrats.
We are not a third party. Joining us does not require you to leave your Party.

Exercise your Right to Vote
in Every Primary and General Election, and
Vote for the Candidates Endorsed by the
Center Majority Alliance of America
in Every Race!

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