Democrats and Republicans are skeptical of US spying practices, an AP-NORC poll finds

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and HANNAH FINGERHUT
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The American public is broadly skeptical of common intelligence practices and of the need to sacrifice civil liberties for security. That’s according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. It shows that Democrats and Republicans are opposed at similar levels to many common surveillance tactics. A big shift is that Republicans have become substantially less likely over the last decade to say it’s at least sometimes necessary to sacrifice freedom in response to threats. The polling underscores the challenge facing the Biden administration as it pushes Congress to renew a cornerstone foreign surveillance law that expires at year’s end.