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Hope Has a Home Field: How Sports are Anchoring Washington Residents

Fielded in March 2026, we took Washingtonians’ pulse a month post-winning the Super Bowl. With a view of the celebrations and festivities from our office in Pioneer Square and insights ...


Common Ground on Homelessness: What Washington Residents Really Think

Homelessness has dominated Washington headlines for the past two years: encampment sweeps following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Grants Pass ruling, a funding scandal that gutted the region’s largest homelessness authority, and dueling “Housing First” versus ...


Oregonians Want Limits on Data Centers and AI. They Disagree About Who’s Offering Them.

Artificial intelligence, and the data centers that power it, are increasingly central to the economy and politics. While many communities once welcomed data centers for the jobs and local tax ...


Future of Transportation

Talk to anyone working on key transportation issues and it becomes easy to imagine a future far different than what we have now: one where people are less likely to ...


What a New DHM National Survey Tells Us About the Road Ahead for Mileage-Based User Fees

When DHM Research fielded a national survey for The Eastern Transportation Coalition (“the Coalition”) in early April 2026, we set out to get a fresh take on what Americans understand ...


Californians Are Using AI at Work, But Still Doubt Its Payoff for the State

More than half of working Californians now use AI on the job. But most expect it to hurt the state’s economy, depress good jobs, and widen inequality. Even the workers ...


Finding Home Ground: How Washington Residents Are Looking Local Amid National Pessimism

The national mood is grim. Seven in ten Washington residents say the United States is on the wrong track. They describe thinking about the country in words like disappointed, concerned, frustrated, and anxious. By ...


A Restless Electorate, a Crowded Field: Voters’ Priorities Ahead of California’s June Primary

As ballots for California’s June gubernatorial primary begin arriving in the mail, the field may remain volatile, but there are some clear indications of what likely voters want from the ...


Housing Affordability Faces Continual Doubts in Oregon

Housing affordability remains one of Oregon’s most pressing challenges, yet there is growing resistance in many communities to exploring local solutions. In recent DHM focus groups and statewide surveys, Oregonians ...