Ed Goeas & Brian Nienaber, The Tarrance Group As we enter the last sprint of this election cycle, Republicans are in position to make impressive gains this November. The GOP has intense and motivated supporters; the President’s image continues to hover at all-time lows; the political environment clearly favors Republicans; […] Read more »
2014: A look at the basics
As we begin the countdown to Election Day, where do we stand on the fundamentals, those structural factors that impact every race on the ballot? CONT. Mark Mellman (Mellman Group), The Hill Read more »
U.S. consumer sentiment rises in final August reading
U.S. consumer sentiment rose in August, while an index of current economic conditions hit its highest since July 2007, a survey released on Friday showed. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan’s final August reading on the overall index on consumer sentiment came in at 82.5, up from 81.8 the month before. […] Read more »
Survey says: People don’t trust pollsters anymore
Marketplace’s Kai Ryssdal speaks with David Leonhardt of The New York Times. Read more »
Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Improves Again
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had increased in July, improved further in August. The Index now stands at 92.4 (1985=100), up from 90.3 in July. CONT. Conference Board Read more »
State by State: Key Metrics for 2014
Gallup’s unique daily interviewing, involving more than 350,000 completed interviews a year, along with Gallup’s 2013 50-state poll consisting of approximately 600 interviews in each state, provides the unique ability to measure the views of the residents of each state in the union on a wide variety of important measures. […] Read more »