… This is an election about nothing — and everything. Unlike in previous midterm election years, no dominant national theme has emerged for the 2014 campaign, according to public opinion surveys as well as interviews last week with scores of voters in five key states and with dozens of politicians […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Trust in government at all-time low
Four decades after President Richard Nixon resigned, a slight majority of Americans still consider Watergate a very serious matter, a new national survey shows. But how serious depends on when you were born. … The poll also indicates that the public’s trust in government is at an all-time low. CONT. Paul […] Read more »
The Value of Political Corruption
Americans have been pretty cynical about politics since at least Vietnam and Watergate. And key reforms that conservatives sought for decades and finally achieved have done nothing to quiet public distrust of the political class. In fact, two of these reforms — the ban on congressional earmarks and a series […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: 58% say Obama administration incompetent at managing gov’t
Has the Obama administration competently and effectively managed the government? A Fox News poll released Wednesday finds a majority of American voters says no — including about a third of Democrats. CONT. Dana Blanton, Fox News Read more »
Americans Say Business Background Is Best for Governing
Four in five Americans (81%) say the U.S. would be better governed if more people with business and management experience were in political office. Meanwhile, 63% say the country would be better governed with more female political leaders — up slightly from 57% in 1995 and 2000. CONT. Justin McCarthy, […] Read more »
Disruptive Politics
Back in the mid-1990s, Harvard professor Clayton Christensen coined the phrases “disruptive technology” and “disruptive innovation” to describe certain kinds of game-changing developments in the business world. Now, in politics, we are seeing a variation on that theme. CONT. Charlie Cook Read more »