The presidential election has soaked up most of the national attention, but there are nearly 100 other competitive races across the country that could determine which party controls Congress – or whether partisan gridlock will continue for two more years. … Here are capsule summaries of 10 of the most […] Read more »
The Public Sector Recession
… America’s public sector is still in a recession. … Since 2009, more than 500,000 local government jobs have been lost. … The numbers may hold particular challenges for GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney. While persistent high unemployment overall is a serious drag for President Obama, as it is for […] Read more »
Poll Finds Obama Is Erasing Romney’s Edge on Economy
President Obama has taken away Mitt Romney’s longstanding advantage as the candidate voters say is most likely to restore the economy and create jobs, according to the latest poll by The New York Times and CBS News, which found a modest sense of optimism among Americans that White House policies […] Read more »
Mitt Romney and Ronald Reagan: could 2012 be like 1980?
Whenever a presidential challenger is behind late in the campaign, the first words that come out are “Ronald Reagan”. The Reagan name isn’t uttered just because of the Reagan aura, but because Reagan supposedly came charging back from behind to win a campaign against an incumbent president – thanks to […] Read more »
Obama Builds Real Lead in Presidential Contest
President Obama emerged from his convention with the biggest lead of the year in our polling—and at 50 percent in the race. … With the Romney campaign reeling on issues unrelated to the economy, the President enters the fall campaign in a much stronger position to sustain a lead, bolstered […] Read more »
Congress’ Approval Poised to Be Lowest in an Election Year
Thirteen percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, the lowest Gallup has measured this late in an election year. The prior lows were 18% in 1992, 2008, and 2010. In election years in which congressional approval has been low in the months leading up to Election Day, […] Read more »