“The mainstream media is skewing its polls with too many Democrats because they want Obama to win.” Statements like this one are zipping around the internet a mile a minute these days. The general idea is that there are too many respondents identifying as Democrats in public surveys compared to […] Read more »
2012 Gender Gap Could Be Historic, But Maybe Not For The Reason You’d Think
A slew of new presidential polls released this week not only confirm a long-established gender gap among voters, but also suggest that the male-female preference divide in this year’s presidential contest could hit historic levels. It may surprise that that divide appears not driven by social issues and arguments over […] Read more »
Medicare working to boost Obama in swing states
Voters in three critical swing states broadly oppose the sweeping changes to Medicare proposed by Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and, by big margins, favor President Obama over Mitt Romney on the issue, according to new state polls by The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation. Among seniors, […] Read more »
Obama Approval, Vote Support Both Reach 50% or Better
President Barack Obama’s job approval rating has been 50% or higher in each of the last four Gallup Daily tracking figures, including a 51% rating in the latest three-day rolling average, from Sept. 23-25. … More generally, September is turning out to be one of Obama’s best months in over […] Read more »
Health Care and the 2012 Election
… As of mid-September, President Obama holds an edge over Gov. Romney as the candidate more likely to be trusted to handle a range of health care issues. From the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to Medicaid, reducing health care costs and women’s health, Pres. Obama holds at least a 20 […] Read more »
What’s behind Obama’s big lead among women?
… Democrats traditionally have an advantage with women voters. But Mr. Obama’s advantage among women has grown to striking proportions. The president is also now even winning married women voters in the two states — a group that previously backed Mitt Romney. [cont.] Stephanie Condon, CBS News Read more »