It’s difficult to understand why any Republicans on Capitol Hill would like their odds in any kind of budget showdown this fall that could result in a government shutdown. Very simply, they would be going into a game with an incredibly weak hand, and their odds of winning would be […] Read more »
Moment of Truthiness
… You probably won’t be surprised to hear that voters are poorly informed about the deficit. But you may be surprised by just how misinformed. … Am I saying that voters are stupid? Not at all. People have lives, jobs, children to raise. They’re not going to sit down with […] Read more »
Obama’s Economic Approval Slips to 35%
Despite President Barack Obama’s renewed focus on the nation’s economy this summer, crisscrossing the country to talk about job creation, he scores worse with Americans on the economy than he did in June. His approval rating on the issue, now 35%, is down seven percentage points, and his ratings on […] Read more »
10-CD Poll: House majority not at stake over defunding of Obamacare
With citizens across America asking their congressman to support defunding Obamacare, Heritage Action CEO Michael A. Needham alongside leading pollster Jon Lerner today released a poll showing the idea of defunding Obamacare is broadly supported. Moreover, the potential of a partial government shutdown does little to dampen the desire to […] Read more »
What People (Don’t) Know About The Deficit
A little while back I expressed a desire to see a poll of voters asking whether they knew about the plunging federal budget deficit. … Well, Hal Varian of Google got in touch with me, and said,”We can do that!” So he put together a Google Consumer Survey; it’s still […] Read more »
A Poll I’d Like To See
… Larry Bartels likes to cite a 1996 poll in which voters were asked whether the deficit had increased or decreased under Clinton (it had, in fact, fallen sharply). A plurality of voters — and a heavy majority of Republicans — thought the deficit had gone up. So I’d love […] Read more »