Republican Senate candidates have opened up leads in the key states of Arkansas and Kentucky, putting them in a strong position to win back the U.S. Senate, according to new NBC News/Marist polls. But another NBC/Marist poll shows Democrats holding on in the blue state of Colorado, suggesting a limit […] Read more »
Obamacare Remains a Huge Liability for Democrats
… Obamacare remains a liability to Democrats this fall. It remains widely unpopular in southern red states where control of the Senate will be determined. It may not be the issue this cycle, but it is still a top negative for Democrats. Plus, the more unpopular the President, the more […] Read more »
Betting on a Brand When Politics Is the Family Business
Three business school professors recently set out to discover what accounts for regional differences in product choices by consumers. Although about 60 percent of it had to do with regional sales and marketing, a startling 40 percent stemmed from what they described in The American Economic Review as “persistent brand […] Read more »
About those Kaiser polls
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 »
Close Races in 4 Southern States Could Tip Senate Power Balance
Four Senate races in the South that will most likely determine control of Congress appear very close, with Republicans benefiting from more partisan intensity but a Democratic incumbent, seen as highly vulnerable, holding a surprising edge, according to a New York Times Upshot/Kaiser Family Foundation poll. The survey underscores a […] Read more »
Broad Distaste for Health Law, but Little Appetite to Repeal It, Poll Finds
Despite strong dislike of President Obama’s handling of health care, a majority of people in three Southern states – Kentucky, Louisiana and North Carolina – would rather that Congress improve his signature health care law than repeal and replace it, according to a New York Times Upshot/Kaiser Family Foundation poll. […] Read more »