… There are many reasons for this decline in support for Democrats among certain groups. But an argument can be made that it is because Democrats have subordinated their traditional focus on helping lower- and working-class Americans move up the economic ladder in favor of other noble priorities, such as […] Read more »
Consumer sentiment brightens holiday spending
Consumer confidence posted its fourth consecutive monthly gain in November, rising to its highest level since July 2007, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. CONT. Institute for Social Research, U. of Michigan Read more »
California the Exception in a Nation Increasingly Voting Republican
Mark DiCamillo, director of The Field Poll The 2014 midterm election saw a continuation of the electoral resurgence of the Republican Party across most of the country during the six-year period since Barack Obama was elected president. Not only did Republicans regain control of the Senate, picking up eight seats, […] Read more »
Majority of Americans say things are going well
For the first time since 2007, a majority of Americans think things are going well in the nation, a new CNN/ORC International poll found. … And it marks consistent improvement in the mood of the nation over the past few months, despite a series of national security crises and continued […] Read more »
Democrats Should Heed Americans’ Economic Anxiety
To recover from their debacle in the midterm elections, Democrats have seized on two questionable propositions: They lost mainly because of President Barack Obama’s unpopularity, and the 2016 presidential election will be more favorable. … Turnout, exit polls and other data suggest another Achilles’ heel for Democrats: the lack of […] Read more »
A New Age Expansion
The data from the University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers indicate that consumers now hold the most favorable economic expectations since 2007. The latest survey data indicate that the economy will finally return to an annual growth rate of just over 3% for 2015. This would be the first time […] Read more »