… Across the country, immigrant-rights advocates report mounting disillusionment with both parties among Latinos, enough to threaten recent gains in voting participation that have reshaped politics to Democrats’ advantage nationally, and in states like Colorado with significant Latino populations. High hopes — kindled by President Obama’s elections and stoked in […] Read more »
The Demographics Behind the Democrats’ 2014 Troubles
Early national polling is supporting the prevailing view in Washington that Democrats are in trouble in the 2014 midterm elections. While Democrats are more popular than the GOP among the general public, the party faces a number of challenges in November. … Recent national surveys of registered voters by the […] Read more »
Poll suggests Dems are missing the mark with swing voters
A new political advocacy group has teamed up with former Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) to argue that the economic inequality agenda of Senate Democrats is a loser with swing voters. … The group, Each American Dream, which has a starter budget of $1 million, has commissioned a poll showing that […] Read more »
Can 2014 or 2016 Fix a Broken Washington?
The Marist Poll is marking a milestone. For 35 years, The Marist Poll has been accurately and scientifically gauging public opinion. To commemorate this achievement, The Marist Poll recently held a panel discussion at The Paley Center for Media in New York City. As moderators, poll directors Lee M. Miringoff and […] Read more »
Senate Democrats struggle to define a message that can save their majority
Democrats are going into the 2014 midterm elections with their control of the Senate greatly imperiled and with the prospect of an Obama presidency completely hobbled in its final two years. In response, the president and his party are struggling to come up with a broad economic message that can rebut, […] Read more »
The Spring of Shrinking Hopes
… Some seven months before Election Day, the political indicators are not encouraging for Democrats. First, the answer to one question — “Do you think things in the nation are generally headed in the right direction, or do you feel things are off on the wrong track?” — essentially provides […] Read more »