
Alexander Rossell Hayes is a political scientist, software developer, and data scientist based in Erie, Pennsylvania. He previously worked for Posit PBC (formerly RStudio); the University of California, Los Angeles; and the Central American Refugee Center in Hempstead, New York.
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Who would Americans like to see on their money?
Many Americans would support putting Theodore Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Jr., or Harriet Tubman on U.S. currency.
08 Apr 2025Article
More Americans want to drop the penny than to save it
42% of Americans strongly or somewhat support eliminating the penny, while 30% oppose this
20 Mar 2025Article
What do Americans think about immigrants? It depends on how you ask
Small changes in how immigrants are asked about can lead to big changes in how Americans answer.
18 Mar 2025Article
Support for women serving in military combat roles is widespread and growing
Support for women serving in combat roles has grown since 2016. And Americans have become more likely to say that allowing women to serve in combat roles increases the military’s effectiveness.
17 Mar 2025Article
After the election, Americans say they would have been less likely to vote for other Democrats than Harris in a matchup with Trump
We polled registered voters in the week following the election about how they voted — as well as how they would have voted if the Democratic nominee had been Biden, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, or Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.
25 Nov 2024Article
Two-thirds of Americans say Hitler was completely bad; 20% think Trump would say the same
More than half of Americans believe that Trump harbors some positive feelings for Hitler or his actions: 39% say Trump thinks of Hitler as either a completely good person, a good person who did some bad things, or an equally good and bad person, and 15% think Trump views Hitler as a bad person who did some good things.
04 Nov 2024Article
Americans think candidates should pay cities' costs of hosting their rallies
Many Americans say they would view a candidate less favorably if they found out that the candidate had failed to pay for local government expenses after holding a rally in their area.
01 Nov 2024Article
Americans are increasingly concerned about Donald Trump’s age and fitness for office
While concerns about Trump’s age are on the rise, they are still well below the level of concern about Biden’s age when the president was the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
25 Oct 2024Article
Has Leif Erikson come out of Christopher Columbus' shadow?
While far more Americans know Columbus than know Erikson, what opinion there is of Erikson is overwhelmingly positive.
12 Oct 2024Article
Christopher Columbus and Columbus Day divide Americans
About half of Americans have a somewhat or very favorable opinion of Christopher Columbus — 52% view him favorably and 32% view him unfavorably.
12 Oct 2024