America Speaks with Frank Luntz (Video)
America Speaks tracks the nation’s pulse and sparks discussions that reveal the sentiments of American voters in real time. Join pollster and political analyst Dr. Frank Luntz as he engages in diverse conversations on the issues that matter most to the American electorate.
Episodes
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Election Day is tomorrow, and very few American voters have yet to decide which candidate they’ll cast their ballot for. Some of those remaining undecided, however, reside in a handful of key swing states, and their votes could ultimately decide who becomes the next president of the United States.
In this 34-minute episode of America Speaks, pollster and political analyst Dr. Frank Luntz asks undecided swing state voters for their final thoughts and opinions about who they’ll be voting for in the 2024 U.S. presidential race.
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
With Election Day just one week from today, polls are predicting an extremely tight race in the Electoral College between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. Those projections have alarmed Democrats and pro-Harris Republicans, who continue to warn Americans about what they say are the existential dangers and national security risks posed by a second Trump presidency. And yet some Americans who previously voted for Joe Biden and/or Hillary Clinton say they’ll vote instead for Republican nominee Donald Trump in spite of these warnings. A disproportionate number of those voters are male.
In this 37-minute episode of America Speaks, pollster and political analyst Dr. Frank Luntz asks a focus group of pro-Trump male voters who previously voted for Biden and/or Clinton why they’ve chosen to switch their support over in favor of the MAGA candidate.
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
With less than two weeks left until the general election, voters are focusing heavily on the state of America’s foreign policy. As dangerous conflicts and threats continue in regions like the Middle East, Ukraine, and China, many Americans are questioning whether the country is overextended in global affairs and foreign wars. Navigating these complex international challenges involves not only the American president and Congress but also the Department of State and the Pentagon.
In this 41-minute episode of America Speaks, pollster and political analyst Dr. Frank Luntz leads a focus group featuring national security experts formerly from the State Department and the Pentagon. These leaders offer their insights into the key global issues that Americans should be most concerned about right now.
Friday Oct 25, 2024
Friday Oct 25, 2024
There’s a wide range of social, political and economic issues facing Americans today, and some of those issues involve underlying structures and systems like Congress, the Supreme Court and the idea of capitalism itself.
Capitalism has come under fire as income and wealth disparitybetween Americans continues to grow. The Supreme Court has come under criticism for allegedly demonstrating a sharply partisan political bias, even though it was designed to function outside of politics. Congress, meanwhile, continues to face familiar allegations of dysfunction, corruption and zero-sum partisanship.
Watch the above 27-minute episode of America Speaks as pollster and political analyst Dr. Frank Luntz asks Americans for their opinions on the state of our Congress, Supreme Court and modern U.S. capitalism.
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Public opinion surveys show that 81% of American voters believe that U.S. democracy is under threat, and roughly 3 in 4 votersbelieve that democracy itself is at stake in the 2024 presidential election. While Democrats and Republicans sometimes provide different reasons, citizens on each side of the political divide report that they are deeply concerned for the future of the United States.
In this 24-minute episode of America Speaks, pollster and political analyst Dr. Frank Luntz asks a bipartisan focus group of U.S. voters to discuss their respective concerns for the future of democracy and America.
Thursday Oct 10, 2024
Thursday Oct 10, 2024
The vice-presidential debate between Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., and Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, was seen as a win by both sides. In contrast to the Harris-Trump debate, public opinion on who won the Walz-Vance debate was split evenly. With the November election projected to be a tight race in the Electoral College, it remains to be seen whether this will impact the outcome of the election, but both Vance and Walz succeeded in improved their image with the American public.
In this 30-minute episode of America Speaks, pollster and political analyst Dr. Frank Luntz interviews a group of undecided voters before and after the vice-presidential debate and asks what impact, if any, that debate might have on how these voters ultimately cast their ballots.
Monday Oct 07, 2024
Monday Oct 07, 2024
Immigration remains one of the top issues for American voterstoday, and the global refugee crisis as a whole ranks as one of the modern world’s top concerns. In America, as in other countries, the public debate ranges from how to accommodate new immigrants to how many immigrants should be allowed in the first place, and how those immigrants should or shouldn’t become naturalized as citizens of their new host nation.
Complicating those debates is the inability of U.S. immigration courts to process immigration and asylum claims in anything close to a timely manner, with some claims waiting a full decadebefore being processed.
In this 48-minute video of America Speaks, pollster and political analyst Dr. Frank Luntz asks U.S. voters how they think about immigration and what they’d like to see their country do differently in the years ahead.
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Only a small percentage of Americans who said they plan to vote in the November elections have not yet made up their minds up about who they’ll be voting for. However, at least in the Electoral College, the upcoming election is projected to be a tight race, and a small number of undecided voters in just a handful of states could make a difference.
In this 40-minute episode of America Speaks, pollster and political analyst Dr. Frank Luntz interviews a group of young undecided American voters to understand what they care about, how they perceive the presidential debate, and what their concerns are as November approaches.
Friday Sep 20, 2024
Friday Sep 20, 2024
An overwhelming majority of Black Americans say they plan to vote for Kamala Harris as the next U.S. president. Around one-quarter of Black men under 50, however, say they plan to support Donald Trump instead.
In this 47-minute episode of America Speaks, pollster and political analyst Dr. Frank Luntz asks a group of Black U.S. voters under 40 who are planning to vote for Donald Trump why they’re making the choice to support him over Kamala Harris.
Monday Sep 09, 2024
Monday Sep 09, 2024
The United States Armed Forces today is collectively considered the most powerful national military in the world. While part of that supremacy stems from technology, logistics, diplomacy, and other key variables, a great deal of it also stems from the values, discipline and integrity of the men and women who serve. And for many of these young Americans, their journey of national service begins at West Point.
In this 18-minute episode of America Speaks, pollster and political analyst Dr. Frank Luntz interviews a focus group of West Point cadets and asks them to share their stories about why they enlisted, what they’ve learned, and what they hope to accomplish for themselves, each other and their country.
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