Tag: Public opinion

India's Modi focuses on jobs creation in first budget after winning polls

NEW DELHI -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s newly formed government presented an annual budget to Parliament that raises spending to generate more...

Is college worth it? Poll finds only 36% of Americans have confidence in higher education

Americans are increasingly skeptical about the value and cost of college, with most saying they feel the U.S. higher education system is headed...

The Latest | The UK goes to the polls in a national election with results expected early Friday

Voters in the U.K. are casting their ballots in a national election to choose the 650 lawmakers who will sit in Parliament for...

France's exceptionally high-stakes election has begun. The far right leads preelection polls

PARIS -- Voters across mainland France began casting ballots Sunday in the first round of an exceptional parliamentary election that could put France’s...

Polls close in Mauritania, with the incumbent ally of the West favored to win

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania -- Polls closed in Mauritania's presidential election on Saturday, with the incumbent Mohamed Ould Ghazouani widely expected to win after positioning...

Majority of Americans favor forgiving medical debt, AP-NORC poll finds

NEW YORK -- Janille Williams wants to buy a house someday — but first, he has to pay down tens of thousands of...