A set of New York Times/Kaiser Family Foundation polls on Southern Senate races and ObamaCare created quite a brouhaha last week, eliciting a level of vitriol not seen since the “unskewers” rose up in reckless disregard of reality during the presidential race. At some level, the invective is hard to […] Read more »
Low Midterm Turnout Likely, Conservatives More Enthusiastic, Harvard Youth Poll Finds
A new national poll of America’s 18- to 29- year-olds by Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP), located at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, finds low expected participation for the midterm elections as less than one-in-four (23%) young Americans say they will “definitely be voting” in November, a sharp […] Read more »
The Election and the Economy
The president’s at a new low in approval, most registered voters prefer a Republican Congress to rein in his policies and there’s an even split in House vote preferences. But another result in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll also is notable: The role of the economy in these views. […] Read more »
Post-ABC News poll shows Democrats at risk in November as Obama’s approval rating falls
Democrats face serious obstacles as they look to the November elections, with President Obama’s approval rating at a new low and a majority of voters saying they prefer a Congress in Republican hands to check the president’s agenda, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. … Obama’s low rating […] Read more »
Public Preference for a GOP Congress Marks a New Low in Obama’s Approval
Weary of waiting for an economic recovery worth its name, a frustrated American public has sent Barack Obama’s job approval rating to a career low – with a majority in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll favoring a Republican Congress to act as a check on his policies. CONT. Gary […] Read more »
Why Democrats Should Avoid the ‘R’ Word
From time to time, we all read something where suddenly words jump out from the page, grabbing our attention. This happened to me the other day while reading a memo from Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg and strategist James Carville, along with two of their colleagues who work for the Democracy […] Read more »