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The social and political fissures that have left Americans walled off from one another along lines of race, class, education, gender and geography played out in stark ways in this [...]

An overwhelming majority of voters are disgusted by the state of American politics, and many harbor doubts that either major-party nominee can unite the country after a historically ugly presidential [...]

Byline: JONATHAN MARTIN, DALIA SUSSMAN and MEGAN THEE-BRENAN An overwhelming majority of voters are disgusted by the state of American politics, and many harbor doubts that either major-party nominee can [...]

On Nov. 8, American voters for the first time in history will see a woman's name on the ballot as a major party's nominee for president. A broad majority of [...]

On the eve of the major party conventions, voters are grudgingly rallying around the nominees while expressing broad misgivings about the candidates, the campaign and the direction of the country, [...]

Byline: MEGAN THEE-BRENAN Black and white Americans experience life in profoundly and persistently different ways, according to a new Pew Research Center survey examining racial attitudes in the United States. [...]

Black and white Americans experience life in profoundly and persistently different ways, according to a new Pew Research Center survey examining racial attitudes in the United States. The telephone survey, [...]

Byline: MEGAN THEE-BRENAN The public is sharply divided along age, party and education lines over whether transgender people should be allowed to use public bathrooms that match their gender identity [...]

The public is sharply divided along age, party and education lines over whether transgender people should be allowed to use public bathrooms that match their gender identity rather than their [...]

Byline: PATRICK HEALY and MEGAN THEE-BRENAN Alarmed by the harsh attacks and negative tone of their presidential contest, broad majorities of Republican primary voters view their party as divided and [...]

Alarmed by the harsh attacks and negative tone of their presidential contest, broad majorities of Republican primary voters view their party as divided and a source of embarrassment and think [...]

Donald J. Trump won the South Carolina Republican primary with a strong showing among his core supporters -- men, moderate conservatives, those without college degrees and older voters. He also [...]

The clash between federal law enforcement and Apple mirrors the divide in public opinion between the desire for security from terrorism and the fear of losing basic civil liberties. While [...]

Byline: MEGAN THEE-BRENAN Donald J. Trump occupies his strongest position yet in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, yet nearly two-thirds of American voters say they are concerned or [...]

With the Democratic presidential nomination contest all but officially a two-person race, Hillary Rodham Clinton appears vastly better positioned than Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont to persuade party primary voters [...]

The latest New York Times-CBS News poll makes Republican Party divisions clear, from the choice of a presidential nominee to whether party members are willing to see their leaders compromise [...]

Byline: PATRICK HEALY and MEGAN THEE-BRENAN Republicans increasingly say they think that Donald J. Trump has the best chance of winning the 2016 presidential election as their nominee as confidence [...]

Byline: PATRICK HEALY and MEGAN THEE-BRENAN Republicans increasingly think that Donald J. Trump has the best chance of winning the 2016 presidential election as their nominee while confidence in traditional [...]

Republicans increasingly think that Donald J. Trump has the best chance of winning the 2016 presidential election as their nominee as confidence fades in traditional politicians like Jeb Bush and [...]

Byline: KEVIN SACK and MEGAN THEE-BRENAN Seven years ago, in the gauzy afterglow of a stirring election night in Chicago, commentators dared ask whether the United States had finally begun [...]

Seven years ago, in the gauzy afterglow of a stirring election night in Chicago, commentators dared ask whether the United States had finally begun to heal its divisions over race [...]

Byline: NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and MEGAN THEE-BRENAN Americans of both parties reject the regime of unrestricted money in elections made possible by the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling and other court [...]

Americans of both parties fundamentally reject the regime of untrammeled money in elections made possible by the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling and other court decisions and now favor a [...]

Byline: JONATHAN MARTIN and MEGAN THEE-BRENAN Hillary Rodham Clinton appears to have initially weathered a barrage of news about her use of a private email account when she was secretary [...]

Byline: JONATHAN MARTIN and MEGAN THEE-BRENAN Hillary Rodham Clinton appears to have initially weathered a barrage of news stories about her use of a private email account when she was [...]

Hillary Rodham Clinton appears to have initially weathered a barrage of news about her use of a private email account when she was secretary of state and the practices of [...]

Byline: ANDREW ROSS SORKIN and MEGAN THEE-BRENAN Despite an improving economy and jobs picture in the United States, the public is more pessimistic than it was after the 2008 financial [...]

Despite an improving economy and jobs picture, the public is more pessimistic than it was after the 2008 financial crisis that it is possible to work hard and become rich, [...]

Politically divided Americans were in dour agreement about much as they voted in this year's midterm elections -- broadly distrustful of government, overwhelmingly disapproving of Congress, convinced that the nation's [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDA poll taken since a white police officer in Missouri shot dead an unarmed black teenager shows blacks and whites sharply divided on how fairly the police deal with [...]

Charles B. Rangel, the scandal-scarred Harlem congressman seeking a 23rd term in office, holds a modest but meaningful lead in his Democratic primary battle against State Senator Adriano D. Espaillat, [...]

As President Obama sets out to convince the public that climate change requires immediate attention, he has his work cut out for him. Perhaps more than people in any other [...]

Four Senate races in the South that will most likely determine control of Congress appear very close, with Republicans benefiting from more partisan intensity but a Democratic incumbent, seen as [...]

Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is usually judged by the number of hits or World Series rings he has, but it is his sky-high favorability rating that is of note in [...]

Even as the Supreme Court moved on Wednesday to remove limits on campaign donations, the public remains broadly supportive of them, surveys show. A Gallup poll conducted in June found [...]

Republicans are in a stronger position than Democrats for this year's midterm elections, benefiting from the support of self-described independents, even though the party itself is deeply divided and most [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDBill de Blasio is poised to win the race for mayor of New York City by a historically large margin, powered by optimism that he will bring about change […]

New York City voters want to keep Raymond W. Kelly as police commissioner. They want more charter schools. And nearly half of them support the Police Department's use of the [...]

WASHINGTON -- A broad majority of Americans, exhausted by nearly a dozen years of war and fearful of tripping into another one, are opposed to a military strike on Syria, [...]

They stirred resistance at every turn, prompting predictions of economic doom, touching off years of lawsuits and spawning a cottage industry of jokes on late-night television. But Mayor Michael R. [...]

They stirred resistance at every turn, prompting predictions of economic doom, touching off years of lawsuits and spawning a cottage industry of jokes on late-night television. But Mayor Michael R. [...]

After 12 years with a peevish and pragmatic billionaire running the city, New Yorkers are eager for a mayor with heart. By a clear majority, the city's voters say empathy [...]

Regardless of their party affiliation, Americans think the Internal Revenue Service was wrong to target conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status, and that it was done for political reasons and [...]

Americans are exhibiting an isolationist streak, with majorities across party lines decidedly opposed to American intervention in North Korea or Syria, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. [...]

Roman Catholics in the United States say that their church and bishops are out of touch, and that the next pope should lead the church in a more modern direction [...]

President Obama begins his second term on Sunday with Americans cautiously optimistic about both the years ahead and his stewardship, but more polarized politically than four years ago and with [...]

With voters worn by hard times yet many of them hopeful of better times ahead, Americans reverted to more traditional lines compared with the broader-based coalition that made Barack Obama [...]

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney is seen by more voters in three battleground states as a strong leader after his dominant debate performance last week, but perceptions that the economy is [...]

President Obama has taken away Mitt Romney's longstanding advantage as the candidate voters say is most likely to restore the economy and create jobs, according to the latest poll by [...]

With Election Day just over a year away, a deep sense of economic anxiety and doubt about the future hangs over the nation, according to the latest New York Times/CBS [...]