Tucked away in recent polls—which have documented the extraordinary anger directed at the Republican Party during the shutdown crisis—are measures of clear disappointment with the Democratic Party. The disappointment is substantial, and it raises big questions about the 2014 midterms. The Republican Party’s favorable ratings fell substantially in most every […] Read more »
Consumer Confidence in U.S. Drops for Sixth Consecutive Week
Consumer confidence in the U.S. fell for the sixth week in a row, reaching the lowest level in a year as Americans struggled to make ends meet. The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index declined to minus 37.9 in the week ended Nov. 3, the worst reading since October 2012, from minus […] Read more »
Battleground 2014: Both Parties Are Down, but the GOP is Not Out
Ed Goeas & Brian Nienaber, The Tarrance Group This latest edition of the George Washington University Battleground Poll finds a national political environment that has gone from bad to worse. Nearly three-fourths of the American electorate (73%) believes the country is on the wrong track, with sixty-two percent (62%) holding […] Read more »
U.S. Economic Confidence Plunges in October
Americans’ confidence in the U.S. economy sank for the month of October amid the partial U.S. government shutdown and partisan bickering over the federal debt limit. For the entire month, Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index was down 16 points, the sharpest monthly drop since Gallup began tracking economic confidence daily in […] Read more »
Ipsos/RBC Consumer Outlook Index: Largest single-month decline since 2008
November’s RBC Consumer Outlook Index shows a clear and dramatic effect of the recent Government shutdown and near default, with the Outlook Index 3.7 points down from last month, the largest single-month decline since the Recession hit in 2008. CONT. Julia Clark, Ipsos Public Affairs Read more »
Consumer Confidence Declines to More Than One-Year Low
Consumer confidence eroded for a fifth straight week, reaching the lowest level in more than a year as pessimism about the economy chipped away at views of conditions closer to home. The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index fell in the period ended Oct. 27 to minus 37.6, the weakest reading since […] Read more »