… Anyone who studies election results in depth understands a couple of key points. First, the base will turn out. It always does in both parties. Second, elections are won in the middle. Yet most political strategies, ad buys and messaging center on base issues with a heavy dose of […] Read more »
Biden Approval Rating Gets Big Bounce From Young Americans
President Joe Biden’s approval rating bounced higher over the past month, helped by lower gas prices and a series of legislative wins, a new IBD/TIPP Poll finds. Younger Americans, in particular, rallied around Biden following approval of the climate-focused Inflation Reduction Act and his decision to forgive up to $20,000 […] Read more »
Inflation and Home Price Expectations Decline Further
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data today released the August 2022 Survey of Consumer Expectations, which shows that inflation expectations continued to decline across all horizons. Expectations about year-ahead price increases for gas also continued to decline, with households now expecting gas prices to be […] Read more »
Americans are finally feeling better about the economy
After months of gloom, Americans are finally starting to feel better about the economy and more resigned to inflation. Consumer sentiment, which hit rock bottom in June, has begun inching up in recent weeks. Gas prices are down. Decades-high inflation appears to be easing. And at the same time, Americans […] Read more »
How inflation hurts approval
Inflation is undeniably the problem of the hour. Prices are still historically high, and people are still feeling the pinch, when it comes to rent, food, and gas, all the essentials. President Biden is not doing well on this pressing issue. Even in the wake of the historic Inflation Reduction […] Read more »
POLITICO-Harvard poll: Gun policies, along with abortion, inflation and economy, are top concern for voters
Democratic candidates across the country are aiming to make abortion a frontline issue in the upcoming midterms, but gun policies ranked higher as an immediate concern for voters, according to a POLITICO-Harvard survey released Thursday. The survey asked 1,815 registered voters to say which issues were “extremely important” in their […] Read more »