The latest NRCC battleground survey makes it clear the political environment is moving decisively towardRepublicans. • Republicans are leading on the generic ballot and with key demographic groups, like independents and college educated white voters.• Republicans are winning on the issues most important to voters.• Voters understand the negative consequences […] Read more »
Congress Approval Lowest in 2021 as Democrats Turn Negative
Americans’ approval of the job the 117th Congress is doing slipped six points in the past month to 21%, its lowest thus far in 2021. While still better than the 15% approval rating at the end of the divided 116th Congress in December, today’s reading is well below this year’s […] Read more »
Americans, Deeply Divided, Yet Share Core Values of Equality, Liberty & Progress
Questions about vote choice in 2020, whether the election was stolen from Donald Trump or if much of the mainstream media is fake display profound differences among Americans. But 34 questions asking Americans whether many central tenets of our union are words that they live by show that Americans say […] Read more »
The Economy, Biden’s Approval, and How to Fight Back
There is no political saying more trite — or more accurate — than James Carville’s famous aphorism from the 1992 campaign “It’s the economy, stupid.” Electoral success and economic performance are intrinsically tied together. The party in power is usually rewarded for a strong economy and punished for a weak […] Read more »
Democrats’ problem is not focusing on issues most vital to independents, 2 prominent pollsters say
Joel Benenson has a feeling of deja vu watching President Biden’s agenda grind into a long, drawn-out negotiation as middle-of-the-road voters recoil at the process taking place in Congress. “History doesn’t really often repeat itself, but it often rhymes,” said Benenson, who served as Barack Obama’s pollster in the 2008 […] Read more »
Social spending bill receives slight support in CNBC’s latest All-America survey
New polling from CNBC’s All-America Economic Survey shows average Americans slightly favor the social spending bill. CNBC’s Steve Liesman joins ‘Squawk Box’ to break down the findings. CNBC The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll results and insightful analysis. It’s FREE. Sign up here: opiniontoday.substack Read more »