If you think about it, all the ingredients necessary for a political explosion are in place: Congress’s unfavorable ratings are at record-high levels, and, according to Gallup, its favorable ratings are down to 9 percent (who knew members had so many friends and family?). A large segment of the electorate […] Read more »
Amid Obamacare skepticism, confidence in Obama wanes
As President Obama’s job approval rating plunges to the lowest of his presidency and Americans’ sour on his handling of health care, also taking a hit is confidence in his management of the government as well as a number of personal qualities. Most notably, weeks after the fumbled opening of […] Read more »
The Obamacare Crisis
… The chaos surrounding efforts to activate HealthCare.gov reinforces a key conservative meme: that whatever the test is, government will fail it. Insofar as voters experience their interaction with government as frustrating and unreliable, the brunt of political damage will hit Democrats, both as the party of government and as the […] Read more »
The Year of Polling Terribly
This year, no one in Washington is doing a good job. That’s according to favorability polls, which in the last few months have steadily churned out record low after record low of the American public’s confidence in its leaders. … If trends hold, Washington is set to close out the […] Read more »
Majority in U.S. Say Healthcare Not Gov’t Responsibility
The 56% of U.S. adults who now say it is not the federal government’s responsibility to make sure all Americans have healthcare coverage continues to reflect a record high. Prior to 2009, a clear majority of Americans consistently had said the government should take responsibility for ensuring that all Americans […] Read more »
Obama Down But Congress Is Down Further
The bottom has fallen out for everyone in the nation’s political leadership. That’s the message from the latest Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor Poll, which shows that after a government shutdown, near-default on the federal debt, the calamitous debut of President Obama’s health care plan, and continued sluggishness in the economy, […] Read more »