In a recent survey of likely voters conducted by Lake Research Partners for the National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH) and the COMS Project, voters initially split in their support of a 15-week ban, but there are several strong messaging points that resonate with voters and bring them to supporting abortion rights. Elected officials have a range of statements that effectively oppose a 15-week ban on abortion; it is critical to invoke the values of power and control, people making decisions that are best for them, and keeping politicians out of the decision.

Click here to read the full memo.

Groundbreaking new research into the beliefs and attitudes driving distrust among the American electorate has revealed four new core dimensions of trust – trust in government, fairness, traditional efficacy, and anomie – that are predictive of voters’ political views and values. 

We found that Americans’ trust in institutions isn’t just dramatically declining – it is diverging. Tribes of trust now exist in the electorate, and it will not be enough for Democrats to continue to rely on a base of true believers in the government and public institutions. In order to win elections, Democrats will need to make inroads with voters whose distrust hinges on fairness (which predicts to voting for Trump) and those who have underlying progressive views, but are deeply alienated. 

This survey of 1,000 registered voters nationwide, with oversamples of 300 young voters and 300 independent voters across key swing states, was conducted in April on behalf of the Center for Economic Policy Research. You can read more about the findings here. 

A new national bipartisan survey conducted for the National Council on Aging (NCOA) and Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER) asked women ages 25+ how they feel about their health and financial security—and what public policies they support to improve Medicare and Medicaid and make it easier for people to get care at home. 

Along with Public Opinion Strategies, we found more than half of women ages 25+ are not financially secure and roughly half are "uncertain" or "worried" about health costs later in life. Across party, women strongly support solutions that can help.

Read more here about What Women Say about their health and financial challenges—and what they want Congress to do about it.

https://www.ncoa.org/page/what-women-say-about-their-finances  

As the Supreme Court prepares to hear Johnson v. Grants Pass, the National Homelessness Law Center (NHLC), in partnership with the Housing Narrative Lab, has released critical survey findings on the state of public opinion surrounding the case and related attempts to arrest, fine and ticket people who experience unsheltered homelessness. Conducted by LRP, survey findings show adults nationwide connect the high costs of housing with homelessness, 7 in 10 (72%) reject jailing, ticketing, and fining people for sleeping outside if there's no shelter available, and instead support popular solutions like repurposing available spaces that stand empty, like office buildings or hotels/motels, into housing options that are affordable instead

Click for Press Release

Americans Support Banning Junk Fees Across the State, Political, and Demographic Divides, New Economic Liberties and Lake Research Polling Reveals.

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The latest Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service Battleground Civility Poll highlights that an alarming number of Americans across party lines share a deepening fear that our very system of government is under threat, but for very different reasons. The poll, conducted by Republican pollsters from Tarrance Group and Democrat pollsters from Lake Research Partners, placed an emphasis on voter attitudes toward threats to democracy.

Lake Summary      

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A national survey of likely women voters conducted this month for MomsRising finds that the vast majority of mom and women voters strongly agree that: 

• a few parents should not be able to ban books from school libraries,  

• schools should be able to provide honest, accurate, age-appropriate history education including slavery and the civil rights movement,  

• schools should be able to provide medically accurate, unbiased, inclusive and age-appropriate sex education, 

• schools play an important supporting role in children’s social and emotional development, and  

• children learn best when they trust their teachers and feel safe to be themselves, including LGBTQIA+ and transgender students. 

Read more here  

Results of a new nationwide poll conducted by Lake Research Partners on behalf of Public Citizen reveal anti-Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) efforts in congress have been deeply unpopular.

In the survey of 1,000 likely 2024 voters nationwide conducted November 14-22, 2023, the poll found that, by a 2-1 margin, a majority of voters (56 percent), including a majority of Independents (63 percent) and Republicans (52 percent), oppose Congress imposing limits on the type of information about a corporation’s business record that is disclosed to pension and retirement fund managers, investors, and the public.  The poll found that only 30 percent of voters, including only 21 percent of Independents and 34 percent of Republicans, would support Congress imposing limits on this investor information.

In a new survey by Paid Leave for All Action, voters in battleground states express overwhelming and historically high support for paid parental, family, and medical leave. Support for paid leave crosses party lines. Voters say creating a paid family, parental, and medical leave program motivates them to vote.  Click here to read the full memo. 

In partnership with LRP, ACLU D.C., DC Justice Lab, and Unlock the Box released a white paper using LRP polling data to call for an end to solitary confinement within the District of Columbia. Read the white paper here.

New polling from Lake Research Partners for Ms. Magazine/Feminist Majority Foundation highlights the issues driving women’s voting decisions. Key findings include:

• Banning abortion motivates voters to vote in the elections next year. Notably, voters who support abortion rights are much more energized by this issue than voters who do not support abortion rights (56% of voters who support abortion rights are very motivated vs 31% of voters who do not support abortion rights are very motivated).
• Voters are overwhelmingly in support of the Equal Rights Amendment. It is a universal value to Democrats and very strong with Independents, especially Independent women.
• Abortion and the Equal Rights Amendment are strong turnout issues separately, but even more powerful when combined. If we want to turn out the vote, talking about abortion and the ERA together is powerful to mobilize the base of Democrats and Independents, especially Independent women, younger women, voters who support abortion rights, college-educated women, Latinas and Black voters, and voters ages 30-39 to the polls next year.

You can find the slides from the press briefing here.

New data from the bipartisan polling team Lake Research Partners and Chesapeake Beach Consulting shows that voters across the political spectrum overwhelmingly support the ongoing mission of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to regulate the financial industry and protect consumers. These new findings are consistent with over 10 years of opinion research demonstrating strong public support for the agency’s role and work.

Read the memo here.

View research data here. 

The latest GU Politics Battleground Civility Poll shows that voters want politicians who are willing to compromise to get things done. Voters, however, also feel their values are under attack in our current politics. 

This poll was conducted by Democratic pollsters Celinda Lake, Daniel Gotoff, Sandra Markowitz, McCauley Pugh, Ronan Ferrentino, and Lina Tate of Lake Research Partners and Ed Goeas and Brian Nienaber of the Tarrance Group among 800 registered, likely voters nationwide between September 10-14, 2023.

Links to Research Findings:

• Research Presentation 
• Press Release and Data
• Democratic Analysis
• Republican Analysis

A new bipartisan poll conducted for four Alzheimer's patient advocacy groups – the LEAD Coalition, the Alliance for Aging Research, the Global Alzheimer's Platform Foundation, and UsAgainstAlzheimer's – by Lake Research Partners and Public Opinion Strategies found that voters hold as a core value that Medicare beneficiaries should have access to FDA-approved medicines for Alzheimer's, just as they do for other diseases. Voters do not understand why Medicare would restrict access to Alzheimer's therapies when it covers every other FDA-approved drug for every other disease. Americans strongly support requiring Medicare to cover FDA-approved treatments for the disease. 

Read more here

In partnership with Public Opinion Strategies, Lake Research Partners conducted two surveys of women ages 25 and older, commissioned by the National Council on Aging (NCOA) and Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER). These surveys find that half of American women are struggling financially today, making it very difficult to plan for a secure retirement. Across demographic and party lines, women express strong bipartisan support for federal policy solutions that could help. 

Learn more here

New polling from Lake Research Partners for the National Partnership for Women & Families highlights moms’ thoughts about family-friendly workplace policies and equal pay. Key findings include: 

• Moms give businesses low grades on providing family-friendly policies and think businesses are doing little or nothing to address time off for employees to care for themselves and their families.  

• Fair pay is the most important consideration in moms’ decisions to stay with an employer, followed by benefits and flexible work schedules. 

• Nearly three-quarters of moms say it is very important that women are paid the same amount as men for the same job.  

Learn more here: link to our site with the memo .

New bipartisan messaging research released by Fountain House as part of its Healing Minds, Powering Communities campaign shows voters are concerned about the stigma associated with mental illness and the persistent lack of affordable and accessible treatment and that an overwhelming majority of voters across partisan lines support increasing funding for programs that address serious mental illness (SMI). Learn more about the research findings here. 

After 20+ years of research with the Barbara Lee Family Foundation on voters' perceptions of women governors, for the first time ever we are looking at lieutenant governors. 

SECOND IN COMMAND finds that most voters believe lieutenant governors are qualified to serve as governor—and that the office prepares women candidates to serve as governor. While there is little knowledge about the roles a lieutenant governor may play, there is an enormous opportunity to define the role and meet the needs of constituents. 

Link: https://www.barbaraleefoundation.org/research/second-in-command/

The Joyce Foundation recently commissioned a qualitative research project from Lake Research Partners and The Tarrance Group to better understand Minnesotans’ attitudes toward public safety. 

The study focused on assessing existing support for alternative and co-responder crisis response, categorizing incidents requiring first responders, and identifying strong messaging narratives that resonate with Minnesotans. 

The findings of the survey showed strong support for investing in additional approaches to traditional policing, including the use of mental health professionals, trained social workers, and community-based violence intervention specialists. You may access the research through the following links:

• Webinar research presentation 
• Research Report Deck
• Research Memo
• Topline Data

New polling from Lake Research Partners for Groundwork Collaborative highlights voters’ attitudes toward the economy, specifically voters’ increasing distrust of the Federal Reserve, opposition to continued rate hikes, and interest in the Federal Reserve prioritizing policies that help workers and families. 

Check out more results in our memo here 

We are proud to release a new nationwide bipartisan study that reveals strong, cross-partisan support among voters for Congress and the President to take action on a range of public policy initiatives to help families--from health care and economic development to child care, hunger, and affordable housing.

Click here for the memo

Click here for the presentation slides

Hard times, effective right-wing messaging, the demise of local news, and sometimes the Democratic Party itself have led to big changes in the voting and opinions of people living in small and midsized towns that have been most impacted by deindustrialization and increased Big Business power in the economy. But these Factory Towns voters are not lost causes to the Democratic Party, and we cannot afford to write them off. 

This report is part of a continuing effort to do on-the-ground research and data analysis to understand the thinking and motivation of working-class voters, and to recommend strategies that can begin to rebuild the Democratic Party’s and progressive movement’s historic connection to America’s working class.

A new poll from our team at Lake Research Partners, GBAO, Echelon Insights, and Bellwether Research shows that voters 50+ still feel challenged by our economic and political climate. External pressures—prices, the economy, fears about democracy or the future of Social Security and Medicare—all loom large. However, despite this, most say their own lives are going very well and are filled with meaning and connection. One thread emerges clearly across the board: it’s possible to feel both wary and happy simultaneously, especially for women.

Click here to review our memo. 

Following up on pre-election qualitative and quantitative research, we conducted another survey, designed with several objectives in mind: to understand likely 2024 voters’ awareness of and attitudes toward threats to abortion access in post-Dobbs America, to explore reactions to policies designed to expand abortion access and funding as well as reactions to policies designed to ban or limit access to abortion. 

This survey was designed with input from HIT Strategies, the COMS Project, and an advisory group of leaders from the reproductive health, rights, and justice (RHRJ) field.

Click on text to see our memo.

While anti-abortion activists and organizations have sued the FDA to end access to medication abortion nationwide, voters in two recent surveys favor policies that would protect access to medication abortion and do not want medication abortion to be banned or restricted. 

Click here to review our memo. 

Just weeks after the fall’s midterm elections, voters feel strongly that the country’s democracy is threatened by rising violent behavior and one-sided news coverage. While concerns vary across partisanship, there is clear support for rejecting violence and embracing civility and respect.

• Presentation and Dem/GOP Analysis
• Press Release and Data
• Democratic Analysis
• Republican Analysis

The latest GU Politics Battleground Civility Poll of 800 registered voters was conducted by Democratic pollsters Celinda Lake, Daniel Gotoff, Sandra Markowitz, McCauley Pugh, and Ronan Ferrentino of Lake Research Partners and Republican pollster and former GU Politics Fellow Ed Goeas and Brian Nienaber of the Tarrance Group, between November 12-17, 2022.

A new Ms. magazine and Feminist Majority Foundation poll by Lake Research Partners across nine battleground states finds that among young women voters, ages 18-29, abortion and women’s rights are the most important and highly motivating issues in determining their vote. And among women voters of all ages in battleground states, abortion and women’s rights are tied with inflation and rising prices in determining their votes.

The full analysis of the survey of young voters in battleground states can be found here. 

The full analysis of all likely voters in battleground states can be found here.

Women voters 50+ are a critical cohort of voters. As we approach Election Day, women voters 50 and over are intensely concerned about a broad range of issues reflecting fears about economic instability and political discord. But they are not a monolith. Learn more about the concerns older women voters have and the solutions they prioritize here.

We will win this election if we convince voters we care about their economic well-being. Read the full article here.

As a result of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, research shows us that people across the country are angry, engaged, and in strong opposition to attempts to further ban abortion. This document contains recommendations on (click here for report):

• Connecting with people on threats to abortion access
• Explaining the impact that overturning Roe v. Wade has had or will have on abortion access and other rights
• Messages that resonate with and mobilize likely voters

These recommendations are based on public opinion research conducted in the summer of 2022 by HIT Strategies and Lake Research Partners, with input from the COMS Project and an advisory group of leaders from the reproductive health, rights, and justice (RHRJ) field.

Our latest Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) Battleground Civility Poll finds that voters are expressing even higher levels of concern over the degree of polarization in the country

Press Release and data

Democratic Analysis

Republican Analysis

On behalf of MoveOn and just before the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v Wade, we found voters in the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin support abortion rights and are energized to turn out in November and use their vote to protect abortion access in their state. Democrats and pro-choice voters are mobilizing to turn out in November in response to abortion laws in significantly higher numbers than Republicans or voters who oppose abortion in each state. The data may have shifted in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision, presumably increasing the urgency with which voters view access to abortion and their willingness to engage on the issue. 

Click here to review our memo.

Click here for Lake Research Partners' statement on the SCOTUS decision striking down Roe.

The right to abortion for all, no matter what we look like, where we live, or how much money we have, is a founding value of our firm. We remain committed to ensuring that people have the right to make the most personal and private decisions that affect our lives, health, and families, without the interference of politicians. We are committed in the fight to keep abortion safe and legal and to protect our right to abortion. We are committed to elect leaders who will fight for and protect this right and defeat those who will not. 

A recent Lake Research Partners poll that was sponsored by the Barbara Lee Political Office found that voters give Democrats a strong advantage on handling abortion better than Republicans, and especially give a Democratic woman an advantage.  A Democratic woman has a 23-point advantage over a Republican man; a Democratic woman has a 16-point advantage over a Republican woman; and a Democratic man has a 12-point advantage over a Republican man. The potential for the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn Roe v Wade can be a very motivating issue for voters, especially Democratic voters and pro-choice voters.   

Read more here. 

More and more women are running for office. On behalf of the Barbara Lee Family Foundation and in partnership with Republican pollster Christine Matthews, Lake Research Partners explored how voters react to races between two women candidates. Shared Hurdles reveals how candidates’ race, political party, and gender interact to influence voter opinion when more than one woman is on the ballot. 

Read the key findings and the memo here

https://www.barbaraleefoundation.org/research/shared-hurdles/

New research commissioned by Wellesley College, and funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, was released at their virtual summit on April 1 and 2, “The Economy She Deserves: Building an Agenda for a Women-Centered Recovery” organized by Wellesley College, Spelman College, and the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College, London. This research explores experiences and attitudes among young women age 18 to 30, including the key components of their economic standing and needs, worries and concerns, priorities, mood and values, and employer expectations.

Click to examine findings.

Press release

Executive Summary

Lake Research video presentation

Women Voters Age 50 and Over Will Decide the Balance of Power in the Next Election

Click links below for analysis.

New Research from AARP Demonstrates Power of Overlooked Voters

She's the Difference: Survey of Likely Voters Age 50 and Older

Survey questionnaire and granular data

NEW POLL: More than 1 in 3 small business owners have been impacted by predatory pricing practices or self-preferencing. Additional big business anti-competitive practices that small business owners are impacted by include copycatting (28%), forced advertising (27%) and loyalty discounts (28%). Read more about why we need Fair Competition in the marketplace via Small-Business-Majority

Despite deep concern about the current state of political polarization, majority of voters trust young people to turn things around

Press Release

Democratic Analysis

Republican Analysis

Toplines

Crosstabs

Press Release pdf

On behalf of Project LPAC, Lake Research Partners conducted focus groups and a survey on attitudes toward candidates who stand up for transgender rights and inclusion. We found voters relate to powerful values, like freedom, respect, camaraderie, opportunity, authenticity, and belonging. 

Click to review our report.

In recent research conducted on behalf of the Project On Government Oversight we found that voters in the electoral battleground states of Michigan and Ohio show broad agreement about the importance of addressing government corruption, as well as agreement over the anti-corruption measures most likely to be effective. Across the political spectrum, voters in Michigan and Ohio think removing corrupt officials and banning them from working in public office in the future would be the most effective measure, followed by enforcing rules that make it hard for government officials to personally benefit from their policy decisions, preventing government officials from trading on inside knowledge, and increasing transparency in political spending.

You can read the full report and corresponding analysis posted on POGO’s website. 

New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Medicare to Cover Multi-Cancer Early Detection.

See our findings memo here.

As the mounting challenges the country faces
continue to go unaddressed, the national unity and civility in America remain frayed with new and concerning controversies in schools, masks, and the state of the economy.

Press Release

Democratic Analysis

Republican Analysis

Toplines

Crosstabs

Press Release pdf

Restaurant workers in Washington DC are overwhelmingly supportive of raising the minimum wage for tipped workers to the full federal minimum wage

Almost 7-in-10 American voters favor the U.S. government investing in a worldwide vaccine manufacturing program and 8-in-10 say it’s important that all countries have ample access to vaccines, according to a new poll released today by Public Citizen and Lake Research Partners.

As Congress debates ending the ban on Medicare negotiation in the budget reconciliation package, it is clear that Americans, including seniors, think allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices is one of the best ways to address concerns about rising prices. They want Congress to act.

We are excited to release the latest Barbara Lee Family Foundation public opinion research study: Staying Power. In partnership with Republican pollster Chris Matthews, in this bipartisan study, we explored voters’ attitudes toward incumbent women candidates to identify strategies for women incumbents seeking reelection.  We found that voters want a woman running for reelection to showcase her specific achievements in office–they will not assume she is doing a good job, nor simply take her word for it. Beyond addressing the issues in question, voters want to see a woman incumbent handle criticism with strength and composure.

Learn more here Https://www.barbaraleefoundation.org/staying-power

A new Lake Research Partners poll of likely voters in the City of Minneapolis shows that a ballot measure to amend the City Charter and create a new Department of Public Safety is in a favorable position to pass this November.

Lake Research Partners periodic Women’s Track survey finds high levels of support for both the American Jobs Plan and the American Family Plan, driven respectively by the inclusion of long-term care for seniors and people with disabilities and the inclusion of paid family and medical leave. 

Additionally, there is widespread agreement that birth control should be available over the counter and many women would make this a voting issue, saying they would be more likely to support their member of Congress if they came out in support of birth control pills being available OTC. 

Women believe the threat to Roe v. Wade comes from a belief that it will be severely limited, not done away with by the Court. However, women say that should either happen, they would be more interested in voting in the 2022 elections, especially Democratic women and pro-choice women.

We also asked about perceptions of the economy and their experiences with the COVID-19 vaccine. Read the findings in our recent memo.

A recently completed nationwide survey of likely 2022 voters, including an oversample of voters in states with competitive U.S. Senate elections, reveals strong majorities of voters support the federal government providing funds for state and local governments to implement community-based intervention services aimed at reducing gun violence.

Click here for summary memo

Click here for presentation deck

The country agrees politicians should compromise to find solutions and get things done on a wide range of issues and challenges, where the voters themselves register strong support for action, across partisan lines.

Press Release 

Democratic Analysis

Republican Analysis

Toplines

Crosstabs

We are in a moment of incredible political realignment, where old conventional wisdom is giving way to new possibilities, alliances are shifting, and reapportionment is underway, all while information is highly fractured and targeted but unvetted. In this period of transition, women make up key swing and base constituencies, especially for the 2022 midterm elections and for policy campaigns. We are also seeing significant shifts in the policies that women are willing to support due to the experience and impact of the pandemic – although women continue to be polarized based on partisanship, support for a number of components in President Biden’s recovery package are remarkably bipartisan. 

We at Lake Research Partners are proud to be committed to understanding the continuously evolving interests of different cohorts of women across the country and amplifying their voices through our research. Beginning in April 2021, we are conducting a periodic tracker poll to measure where women stand on pressing issues, what is happening in their lives, and how opinions change leading up to the 2022 election cycle. The poll is administered online and consists of a base sample of 1,000 adult women nationwide, with oversamples of 100 African American, Latina, Asian American/Pacific Islander American, and Indigenous/Native American women. Our inaugural tracker poll was conducted between April 6th – April 12th, 2021. The margin of error is +/-3.1%.

Please click here to read our full memo!

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Mothers

By Race

White College /Non-College

Party Identification

Small business owners favor the U.S. having a national paid family and medical leave policy by wide margins.  

Click here to read about our firm's survey on the topic.

The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, but the next infectious disease emergency is already within view. More than three-quarters of American voters are concerned about the threat posed by antibiotic-resistant pathogens—so-called "superbugs"—according to a new national poll.

Click here to read the op ed Celinda Lake wrote with Tarrance Group's Ed Goeas

Click here to view toplines of Multiple Cancer Early Detection  survey - Sept 2020.

CLICK HERE to go to the AFR web site release.

Ten years after passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, with the country again facing an economic crisis, new polling data from Lake Research Partners shows that voters across all political parties are broadly and intensely supportive of strong consumer financial protections and of tough regulation of the financial services industry.

This sentiment extends not only to keeping existing measures in place but expanding on what Congress did a decade ago, and has proved durable throughout the period since the 2008 financial crisis, through the weak recovery that followed and into the searing recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Click for the AFR Announcement Letter

Click for memo on the poll

Click for full toplines

Click for time series back to 2012

Click here to read bipartisan commentary in RealClear Politics on  voter attitudes on polarization and civility in politics.  Hint:  It's bad.

Click here to see a new poll of Chicago voters thathighlights the popularity of Chicago Teachers Union’s approach to safety criteria for learning amid the pandemic. The data also reinforce the Mayor’s expedience in reversing course on her push for in-person learning while infection rates continue to rise.”

Click here to download a new poll of North Carolina voters that shows solid majorities in support of restoring the voting rights of North Carolinians with felony convictions once they have completed their prison sentence, but who are on probation, parole, or post-release supervision. Public support among North Carolinians is not only robust at the outset, it holds up under attack, as well.

Click here to downolad an analysis of focus group and survey findings from spring 2020, in partnership with James A. Kohlberg and Robert Perkowitz

Click here for an analysis of focus group and survey findings from the spring of 2020, in partnership with James A. Kohlberg and Robert Perkowitz

Click here for in depth results from a survey on paid family leave and medical leave.

Click here for a memo about support for paid family and medical leave.

Click here for our presentation of our research on the tipped minimum wage.

Click here for our national survey of 1,000 likely 2020 voters.

Click here for topline findings from a bilingual, phone and text-to-online national survey.

Click here for our work showing strong statewide support for building more housing.

Click here for our presentation on Engaging LGBTQ Women Politically: Opportunities for 2020

Click here to view findings and recommendations from a national online survey of adults.

Click here to view our work on Women Vote 2020.

Click here to view our work, "Ready, Willing & Electable: Women Running for Executive Office."

Click to view our nationwide survey of 1,000 likely 2020 voters.

New research commissioned by Wellesley College, and funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, was released at their virtual summit on April 1 and 2, “The Economy She Deserves: Building an Agenda for a Women-Centered Recovery” organized by Wellesley College, Spelman College, and the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College, London. This research explores experiences and attitudes among young women age 18 to 30, including the key components of their economic standing and needs, worries and concerns, priorities, mood and values, and employer expectations.

Click to examine the findings.

On behalf of Project LPAC, Lake Research Partners conducted focus groups and a survey on attitudes toward candidates who stand up for transgender rights and inclusion. We found voters relate to powerful values, like freedom, respect, camaraderie, opportunity, authenticity, and belonging. 

Click to review our report.

In recent research conducted on behalf of the Project On Government Oversight we found that voters in the electoral battleground states of Michigan and Ohio show broad agreement about the importance of addressing government corruption, as well as agreement over the anti-corruption measures most likely to be effective. Across the political spectrum, voters in Michigan and Ohio think removing corrupt officials and banning them from working in public office in the future would be the most effective measure, followed by enforcing rules that make it hard for government officials to personally benefit from their policy decisions, preventing government officials from trading on inside knowledge, and increasing transparency in political spending.

You can read the full report and corresponding analysis posted on POGO’s website. 

New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Medicare to Cover Multi-Cancer Early Detection.

See our findings memo here.

As the mounting challenges the country faces
continue to go unaddressed, the national unity and civility in America remain frayed with new and concerning controversies in schools, masks, and the state of the economy.

Press Release

Democratic Analysis

Republican Analysis

Toplines

Crosstabs

Press Release pdf

Restaurant workers in Washington DC are overwhelmingly supportive of raising the minimum wage for tipped workers to the full federal minimum wage

Almost 7-in-10 American voters favor the U.S. government investing in a worldwide vaccine manufacturing program and 8-in-10 say it’s important that all countries have ample access to vaccines, according to a new poll released today by Public Citizen and Lake Research Partners.

As Congress debates ending the ban on Medicare negotiation in the budget reconciliation package, it is clear that Americans, including seniors, think allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices is one of the best ways to address concerns about rising prices. They want Congress to act.

We are excited to release the latest Barbara Lee Family Foundation public opinion research study: Staying Power. In partnership with Republican pollster Chris Matthews, in this bipartisan study, we explored voters’ attitudes toward incumbent women candidates to identify strategies for women incumbents seeking reelection.  We found that voters want a woman running for reelection to showcase her specific achievements in office–they will not assume she is doing a good job, nor simply take her word for it. Beyond addressing the issues in question, voters want to see a woman incumbent handle criticism with strength and composure.

Learn more here Https://www.barbaraleefoundation.org/staying-power

A new Lake Research Partners poll of likely voters in the City of Minneapolis shows that a ballot measure to amend the City Charter and create a new Department of Public Safety is in a favorable position to pass this November.

Lake Research Partners periodic Women’s Track survey finds high levels of support for both the American Jobs Plan and the American Family Plan, driven respectively by the inclusion of long-term care for seniors and people with disabilities and the inclusion of paid family and medical leave. 

Additionally, there is widespread agreement that birth control should be available over the counter and many women would make this a voting issue, saying they would be more likely to support their member of Congress if they came out in support of birth control pills being available OTC. 

Women believe the threat to Roe v. Wade comes from a belief that it will be severely limited, not done away with by the Court. However, women say that should either happen, they would be more interested in voting in the 2022 elections, especially Democratic women and pro-choice women.

We also asked about perceptions of the economy and their experiences with the COVID-19 vaccine. Read the findings in our recent memo.

A recently completed nationwide survey of likely 2022 voters, including an oversample of voters in states with competitive U.S. Senate elections, reveals strong majorities of voters support the federal government providing funds for state and local governments to implement community-based intervention services aimed at reducing gun violence.

Click here for summary memo

Click here for presentation deck

The country agrees politicians should compromise to find solutions and get things done on a wide range of issues and challenges, where the voters themselves register strong support for action, across partisan lines.

Press Release 

Democratic Analysis

Republican Analysis

Toplines

Crosstabs

We are in a moment of incredible political realignment, where old conventional wisdom is giving way to new possibilities, alliances are shifting, and reapportionment is underway, all while information is highly fractured and targeted but unvetted. In this period of transition, women make up key swing and base constituencies, especially for the 2022 midterm elections and for policy campaigns. We are also seeing significant shifts in the policies that women are willing to support due to the experience and impact of the pandemic – although women continue to be polarized based on partisanship, support for a number of components in President Biden’s recovery package are remarkably bipartisan. 

We at Lake Research Partners are proud to be committed to understanding the continuously evolving interests of different cohorts of women across the country and amplifying their voices through our research. Beginning in April 2021, we are conducting a periodic tracker poll to measure where women stand on pressing issues, what is happening in their lives, and how opinions change leading up to the 2022 election cycle. The poll is administered online and consists of a base sample of 1,000 adult women nationwide, with oversamples of 100 African American, Latina, Asian American/Pacific Islander American, and Indigenous/Native American women. Our inaugural tracker poll was conducted between April 6th – April 12th, 2021. The margin of error is +/-3.1%.

Please click here to read our full memo!

Click below for select Toplines:

Mothers

By Race

White College /Non-College

Party Identification

Small business owners favor the U.S. having a national paid family and medical leave policy by wide margins.  

Click here to read about our firm's survey on the topic.

The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, but the next infectious disease emergency is already within view. More than three-quarters of American voters are concerned about the threat posed by antibiotic-resistant pathogens—so-called "superbugs"—according to a new national poll.

Click here to read the op ed Celinda Lake wrote with Tarrance Group's Ed Goeas

Click here to view toplines of Multiple Cancer Early Detection  survey - Sept 2020.

CLICK HERE to go to the AFR web site release.

Ten years after passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, with the country again facing an economic crisis, new polling data from Lake Research Partners shows that voters across all political parties are broadly and intensely supportive of strong consumer financial protections and of tough regulation of the financial services industry.

This sentiment extends not only to keeping existing measures in place but expanding on what Congress did a decade ago, and has proved durable throughout the period since the 2008 financial crisis, through the weak recovery that followed and into the searing recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Click for the AFR Announcement Letter

Click for memo on the poll

Click for full toplines

Click for time series back to 2012

Click here to read bipartisan commentary in RealClear Politics on  voter attitudes on polarization and civility in politics.  Hint:  It's bad.

Click here to see a new poll of Chicago voters thathighlights the popularity of Chicago Teachers Union’s approach to safety criteria for learning amid the pandemic. The data also reinforce the Mayor’s expedience in reversing course on her push for in-person learning while infection rates continue to rise.”

Click here to download a new poll of North Carolina voters that shows solid majorities in support of restoring the voting rights of North Carolinians with felony convictions once they have completed their prison sentence, but who are on probation, parole, or post-release supervision. Public support among North Carolinians is not only robust at the outset, it holds up under attack, as well.

Click here to downolad an analysis of focus group and survey findings from spring 2020, in partnership with James A. Kohlberg and Robert Perkowitz

Click here for an analysis of focus group and survey findings from the spring of 2020, in partnership with James A. Kohlberg and Robert Perkowitz

Click here for in depth results from a survey on paid family leave and medical leave.

Click here for a memo about support for paid family and medical leave.

Click here for our presentation of our research on the tipped minimum wage.

Click here for our national survey of 1,000 likely 2020 voters.

Click here for topline findings from a bilingual, phone and text-to-online national survey.

Click here for our work showing strong statewide support for building more housing.

Click here for our presentation on Engaging LGBTQ Women Politically: Opportunities for 2020

Click here to view findings and recommendations from a national online survey of adults.

Click here to view our work on Women Vote 2020.

Click here to view our work, "Ready, Willing & Electable: Women Running for Executive Office."

Click to view our nationwide survey of 1,000 likely 2020 voters.

New polling from Lake Research Partners for Groundwork Collaborative highlights voters’ attitudes toward the economy, specifically voters’ increasing distrust of the Federal Reserve, opposition to continued rate hikes, and interest in the Federal Reserve prioritizing policies that help workers and families. 

Check out more results in our memo here.