… Demography as destiny underpins much of the Democrats’ optimism these days. That confidence is built on a foundation of census data and other trends that show a country that is becoming increasingly diverse and more culturally tolerant. The more Trump insults one group or another in this new America, […] Read more »
Consumer sentiment strong thanks to middle- and lower-income households
The continued strength in consumer sentiment during the past two months has been due to gains among middle- and lower-income households, while confidence retreated among households with incomes in the upper third of the distribution, according to the University of Michigan (U-M) Surveys of Consumers. … The Sentiment Index was […] Read more »
Obama Approval Slips Back Under 50 Percent
Turmoil abroad isn’t helping President Obama at home: After a brief rally the last few months, his job approval rating slipped back under 50 percent in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll. CONT. Sofi Sinozich, ABC News Read more »
Beyond Distrust: How Americans View Their Government
A year ahead of the presidential election, the American public is deeply cynical about government, politics and the nation’s elected leaders in a way that has become quite familiar. Currently, just 19% say they can trust the government always or most of the time, among the lowest levels in the […] Read more »
Sanders is Up, GOP is Steady – and Terrorism Worries are Back
Terrorism suddenly rivals the economy as the single most important issue to Americans in the 2016 presidential election – and a year out, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds more people paying close attention to the contest than at this point in any race back to 1988. CONT. Julie […] Read more »
Carson Wins on Personality, Trump on Terror in Bloomberg Poll
Republicans overwhelmingly pick Ben Carson over Donald Trump for having the better temperament to be president, but they have far more confidence in the billionaire than the retired surgeon to take on terror, handle Russian President Vladimir Putin and fix immigration. The latest Bloomberg Politics national poll shows the two […] Read more »