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The Atlantic: Americans Are No Longer Optimists

A survey reveals deep uncertainty the country’s future—but also growing consensus on issues like same-sex marriage and marijuana. Historically, Americans have been optimistic about the future and confident about our leadership in the world, while at the same time being deeply divided on so-called social issues like same-sex marriage and […]

March 16, 2017

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To build consensus as president, Trump should look to polls

Perhaps the greatest surprise in the 2016 presidential election is that it was won on the issues, not on the basis of character flaws. Our post-election survey, conducted by Harvard University’s Center for American Political Studies and the National Research Group, shows that while both candidates battled each other with […]

November 29, 2016

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The Hill : The Hillary Clinton of 2000 would have beaten Donald Trump

By MARK PENN Published November 13, 2016 It was a sunny day on Daniel Moynihan’s farm in July 1999 when Hillary Clinton first launched her own political career and months later she would officially announce her candidacy for the U.S. Senate as a New Democrat. She extolled the values of […]

November 13, 2016

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Voices of Mark Penn : Global CVE Perceptions Survey

Shannon N. Green speaks with Mark J. Penn, President and Managing Director of the Stagwell Group and member of the CSIS Commission on Countering Violent Extremism. Mark discusses the findings of CSIS’s Global Perceptions of Violent Extremism Survey, which was conducted in eight key countries. During this conversation, Mark talks […]

November 5, 2016

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