At the start of the midterm election year, Republican candidates hold a slim two-percentage point advantage when voters are asked about their preference for Congress. Forty-three percent of voters would back the Republican in their House district if the election were held today, while 41 percent would vote for the […] Read more »
2014 Elections Likely to Keep Capital’s Split
With the 2014 political landscape becoming more defined, it is increasingly likely that the midterm elections in November will maintain divided government in the capital for the final two years of President Obama’s second term, with the chief unknown being exactly how divided it will be. CONT. Carl Hulse, New […] Read more »
Low Confidence in Leaders and a Dead Heat in Midterm Preferences
Barack Obama starts his sixth year in office with the public divided about his overall leadership, dissatisfied with his economic stewardship and still steaming about his rollout of the health care law – all factors threatening not only the president but his party in the midterm elections ahead. CONT. Gary […] Read more »
Poll finds little faith in nation’s leaders
President Obama will speak to the nation Tuesday night with approval ratings lower than for any of his previous State of the Union addresses and with Americans broadly pessimistic that he or lawmakers of either party will make good decisions for the future of the country, according to a new […] Read more »
Americans may be divided on abortion, but it won’t matter for the midterms
… A large majority of Americans now hold opinions on abortion that are consistent with the position of their party. Moreover, roughly equal proportions of Democrats and Republicans hold opinions on abortion that conflict with the position of their party and these voters still cast their ballots overwhelmingly for their […] Read more »
Democrats see same-sex marriage as issue that will mobilize voters
Public opinion on same-sex marriage has shifted so dramatically in recent years that Democratic groups now see the issue as a critical way to mobilize voters in a slew of races up and down the ballot. Just a decade ago, widespread opposition to gay marriage did just the opposite, allowing […] Read more »