With Tuesday’s primaries reinforcing the strength of the Republican establishment, House Democrats are reassessing their electoral strategy based on a major internal research project that shows their candidates stand a better chance when they portray Republicans as unsympathetic to the economic situation of working Americans while protecting the wealthy. The […] Read more »
Economic Recovery Is Leaving Major Democratic Constituencies Behind
… Though broad measures of the economy are showing signs of improvement, a closer look at important indicators among individual groups reveals that voting blocs critical to Democrats in recent elections are not yet feeling the benefits. … Midterm elections tend to be fueled more by mood than by policy, […] Read more »
Republicans Have Edge on Top Election Issue: the Economy
American voters rate the economy as the most important issue to their vote for Congress this year, and give the Republicans in Congress a slight edge over the Democrats as best able to handle it. Voters give four other issues lower, but still above-average, importance — the federal deficit, taxes, […] Read more »
Jobs, Government, and Economy Remain Top U.S. Problems
Twenty percent of Americans name unemployment or jobs as the most important problem facing the country in May, up from 14% who mentioned these issues in April. Dysfunctional government (19%) and the economy in general (17%) also rank among the top problems. CONT. Rebecca Riffkin, Gallup Read more »
Evaluating the Bloomberg CCI in Predictive Analysis and Stock Market Relationships
The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index (CCI) is a weekly, probability-based survey of consumer attitudes conducted continuously since December 1985. Owned and produced by Langer Research Associates, the CCI has been branded by Bloomberg L.P. since 2011. The index is closely followed for its high frequency measurement of the American public’s […] Read more »
Consumer Comfort in U.S. Shows Biggest Weekly Drop Since October
Consumer confidence last week suffered its biggest one-week drop since the federal government shutdown in October as attitudes toward the buying climate and personal finances soured. CONT. Jeanna Smialek, Bloomberg Read more »