A just-completed national survey from Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research confirms that the voting public is fed up with just about everyone in Washington, but Republicans are clearly bearing much more of the anger and it is damaging their prospects for 2014. By a 16-point margin, 43 to 27 percent, voters […] Read more »
WPA’s Further Government Shutdown Analysis
Despite what you may have seen on TV, the public is not turning on Republicans as a result of the shutdown. Analysis of data from a WPA poll of 815 likely voters nationwide conducted October 2-3 shows that voters and key groups of voters are blaming both sides relatively equally […] Read more »
Americans Shifting on Deficit-Reduction Approach
When it comes to deficit reduction, Americans increasingly favor spending cuts over tax increases. But their greater openness carries a familiar warning: Reduce spending, but don’t touch our favored entitlement programs. Those findings from the United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll indicate the public has cooled on further tax increases […] Read more »
Shutdown debate damages GOP
The Republican Party has been badly damaged in the ongoing government shutdown and debt limit standoff, with a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finding that a majority of Americans blame the GOP for the shutdown, and with the party’s popularity declining to its lowest level. [cont.] Mark Murray, NBC […] Read more »
Boehner, Reid, Cruz Down; Obama Up
House Speaker John Boehner lashed out last week at suggestions that there might be winners and losers in the government shutdown, saying “this isn’t some damn game.” But less than two weeks in, there do seem to be a few losers in the eyes of the public, Mr. Boehner among […] Read more »
Production Capability in the Current Situation in Washington
From the public’s perspective, the protracted stalemate in Washington, the partial shutdown of government, and the threat of a default next week are becoming more matters of process than of the underlying issues involved. [cont.] Frank Newport, Gallup Read more »