Americans clearly want Washington to solve its looming budget crisis, and they clearly reject almost every option to do that, according to a new McClatchy-Marist Poll. The only option that voters endorse, by a ratio of 3-to-2, is to raise taxes on the wealthy. [cont.] Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers Read more »
Health Care Factored in 2012 Election, But Far From a Starring Role
As predicted, there was a role for health care issues in voters’ 2012 election decision, but Kaiser’s November Health Tracking Poll—fielded in the days immediately following last week’s presidential election—suggests it was a trailing issue rather than a leading one. To keep the issue list in perspective, the November survey […] Read more »
Medicare Fails to Sway Senior Voters
… Senior citizens are a coveted voting bloc in Florida, where they make up about a quarter of the electorate in this highly contested swing state. They are especially important for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, given his deficit among young voters and minorities, according to polls. … Polls now […] Read more »
Public Would Accept Tax Hikes in Debt Deal
Voters are more likely to embrace tax increases for households making $250,000 or more than cuts to Medicare or other domestic spending, according to the latest United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll. They are also more worried about cuts in entitlement programs than about tax hikes as a part of […] Read more »
Seniors 65+ on Medicare, the debate, and the economy
Resurgent Republic sponsored two focus groups in Tampa, Florida, among seniors age 65 and older who supported Barack Obama in 2008 and are not strongly affiliated with either candidate today. Conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, the groups were split by gender. … Medicare is undoubtedly an important issue for this […] Read more »
‘47%’ Was Bad for Romney; Ryan Has Been Deadly
The conventional wisdom on Obama’s recent surge is that it’s due largely to Mitt Romney’s 47% disaster, and there’s clearly something to this. … But it’s worth pointing out another dynamic that’s been overlooked here: The escalating disaster that is Paul Ryan. [cont.] Noam Scheiber, New Republic Read more »