The economy is still the main issue in the 2014 election, impacting the mood of the country, driving likely voter turnout, and defining what is at stake. With voters uncertain of President Obama and the Democrats’ direction on the economy, Democratic voters are 7 points less likely than Republicans to […] Read more »
No Perfect Political Weapon
Anyone who knows me well knows I am usually eyeing the oven for the next fresh batch of in-depth public-opinion data from Democracy Corps, a partnership between legendary Democratic strategists Stan Greenberg and James Carville that just celebrated its 15th anniversary. It gets even better when the two team up […] Read more »
How Do Democrats Win When the Economy Still Sucks?
Despite a less-than-rosy economy, President Obama won re-election due in large part to the fact that he made the race a referendum on Mitt Romney and his “47 percent” ideology. Two years later, the economy looks better on paper, but voters aren’t seeing it. That means Democrats will once again […] Read more »
Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index
… At -31.9 on its scale of -100 to +100, the CCI is down 4.3 points from its 2014 high of -27.6 a month ago, and has been stuck below its recovery zone, the -20s, for three weeks straight, after a month on the good side of that line. It’s […] Read more »
Economic Confidence Inching Up
Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index averaged -15 for the week ending April 6. This reading is similar to last week’s average of -16 but is higher than the -20 recorded in early March, the low point so far for 2014. CONT. Justin McCarthy, Gallup Read more »
Consumer Comfort in U.S. Climbed Last Week From Two-Month Low
Consumer confidence climbed last week from an almost two-month low, paced by improving perceptions of personal finances and the buying climate that signal shoppers will return to U.S. retailers as temperatures warm. The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index rose to minus 30 in the period ended March 30 from minus 31.5 […] Read more »