Charlie Cook thinks President Barack Obama and the Democrats ruined their prospects by failing to focus on the economy in 2009-2010…. There was a Twitter fight today over that, so I’m going to hit it Twitter-style: CONT. Jonathan Bernstein, Bloomberg View Read more »
What happened?
The first key to understanding Tuesday’s elections is recognizing that it was a midterm cycle. The party controlling the White House typically loses seats in midterms. In recent decades, those losses have averaged 30 seats in the House and four seats in the Senate. So far this cycle, Democrats have […] Read more »
Economic Confidence Index Climbs to -8
In the U.S., Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index averaged -8 for the week ending Nov. 9. This is the highest weekly average found since the week ending June 30 of last year, and continues the upward trend in confidence that began in late September. CONT. Rebecca Riffkin, Gallup Read more »
Bad Decisions Came Back to Haunt Democrats in Midterms
… Americans resent the policy choices that Obama and congressional Democrats made early on. Voters saw little action that would have turned the economy around and created jobs for many working- and middle-class Americans. Their struggle continues to this day, and it cost Democrats their Senate majority last week. Choices […] Read more »
Support for policies that promote families’ economic security
Following an election in which voters secured significant policy gains for working families through state and city ballot measures, poll results released today confirm that, by an overwhelming majority, voters nationwide support policies that promote their economic security such as paid sick days and paid family and medical leave. CONT. […] Read more »
Meet the voters who feel the economy is rigged, believe in global warming — and voted Republican
… The exit polls show a midterm electorate that skews more conservative than the one that reelected Obama two years ago. But it still shows solid majorities among those voters for some traditionally liberal policy stances. Fifty-seven percent of voters said illegal immigrants working in the United States should be […] Read more »