One fascination in a presidential race mostly bereft of intrigue was the strange, incessant, and weirdly overfamiliar e-mails that emanated from the Obama campaign. … But they worked. Most of the $690 million Obama raised online came from fundraising e-mails. … The appeals were the product of rigorous experimentation by […] Read more »
The One Pollster Republicans Should Listen To
It’s interesting to see Republicans offer different interpretations of this year’s elections. As in most things, where you stand depends on where you sit. … Republican pollster Glen Bolger of Public Opinion Strategies pointed out some of this election’s paradoxes in a Nov. 26 post on his firm’s blog. Bolger […] Read more »
The Senate’s Democratic Coalition Is Growing More Unified
… At the core of the Democrats’ surprising pickup of two Senate seats was a consistent pattern. In almost every major contested Senate race, exit polls showed that the Democratic candidate won more support among voters who also backed President Obama than the Republican nominee did among voters who backed […] Read more »
Implications of the 2012 Election for Health Care — The Voters’ Perspective
… Obama’s narrow win (by 2.8 percentage points) in the popular vote will keep health-policy decisions both partisan and contentious. But the ultimate direction will reflect the health care views of the President, his party, and the people who voted for them. … Obama voters were three times as likely […] Read more »
Asian Americans Voted Democrat: We Should Not Be Surprised
… What seems to have caught some pundits by surprise was the finding by the National Election Pool that 73% of Asian Americans voted for Obama, second only to African Americans (93%), and slightly higher than Latino support at 71%. This high level of Asian American support for Obama on […] Read more »
The (Continued) Politics of Racial Resentment
… In remarks that dovetail Romney’s, VP nominee Paul Ryan indicated that urban, minority turnout was to blame for their loss. These comments reflect a broader theme: that Obama did not understand the problems of white Americans, and primarily focused his policies on the needs or demands of racial minorities. […] Read more »