After plummeting in 2010, Americans’ confidence that they would find a job as good as their current one if they happened to be laid off has been restored. Currently, 63% believe it is very or somewhat likely that they would find a job as good as the one they have, […] Read more »
CNN/ORC poll: Obama approval holds in positive territory
President Barack Obama’s approval rating has held in positive territory since February, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll, the first time it’s remained positive for more than two months since just after his re-election in 2012. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Read more »
Obama thinks he hasn’t gotten credit for a growing economy. He’s right.
… I’ve previously noted that, despite the prevailing narrative about “voter anger,” consumer sentiment is actually quite favorable — comparable to what it was in 1983, when it seems obvious that an incumbent party could run successfully on a record of economic growth. But here’s the problem for Obama: Unlike […] Read more »
Half of Americans Rate Their Financial Situation Positively
Fifty percent of Americans rate their personal financial situation as either “excellent” or “good,” slightly higher than the 46% recorded last year and the highest level recorded since before the Great Recession. CONT. Justin McCarthy, Gallup Read more »
Progressives Win on Economy vs. Trump-Nationalist Agenda
The Reagan Era produced a Republican Party trusted on the economy and left conservatives hegemonic on economic ideas and policy – small government, top-rate tax cuts, and deregulation to power growth. Even after trickle-down policies nearly destroyed the economy, this conservative hegemony was left unchallenged by President Obama who made […] Read more »
U.S. Decline Is Campaign Hype, Not Reality
As in any U.S. national election without an incumbent president, the candidates are painting a not very pretty picture: The country is “going to hell,” bluntly asserts the Republican front-runner Donald Trump. … Certainly, problems abound. The recovery from the 2008-09 recession has been uneven and is characterized by widening […] Read more »