… Conservatives and tea party activists insist that Republicans will be rewarded for going to the barricades to stop the health-care law. And just about every poll shows that, three years after its passage, Obamacare remains unpopular with voters. In the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll, 52 percent said they disapprove […] Read more »
Americans Remain Divided on Role They Want Gov’t to Play
Americans continue to be about as likely to favor a more active government as a more limited one when asked about their preferred government role. Specifically, 34% fall on the more active side of a 5-point scale, including 19% who say the government “should take active steps in every area […] Read more »
Polls give both sides ammunition in shutdown fight
With the clock ticking down toward a possible government shutdown over a bitter partisan battle over the new health care law, both sides appear to be digging in. In this dangerous game of political chicken, public opinion could be crucial, and right now polls suggest both the White House and […] Read more »
Public Splits on Debt Limit Even with Fears of Damage
Americans are expressing conflicted attitudes about the next round of budget battles in Washington, with the public evenly divided on increasing the nation’s debt limit – yet also broadly concerned about economic impact of failing to do so. Forty-six percent in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll favor raising the […] Read more »
Why you shouldn’t pay any attention to debt ceiling numbers right now
A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal national poll shows that twice as many people oppose raising the debt ceiling as support it!!! Before the political machine gets itself too wound up over this data point, let’s make one thing clear: this polling question should not be taken as evidence of […] Read more »
Fewer Americans Than Ever Trust Gov’t to Handle Problems
Americans’ trust and confidence in the federal government’s ability to handle international problems has reached an all-time low, with 49% saying they have a great deal or a fair amount of confidence, two percentage points below the previous low of 51% recorded in 2007. [cont.] Joy Wilke & Frank Newport, […] Read more »