Poll suggests Dems are missing the mark with swing voters

A new political advocacy group has teamed up with former Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) to argue that the economic inequality agenda of Senate Democrats is a loser with swing voters. … The group, Each American Dream, which has a starter budget of $1 million, has commissioned a poll showing that […] Read more »

Senate Democrats struggle to define a message that can save their majority

Democrats are going into the 2014 midterm elections with their control of the Senate greatly imperiled and with the prospect of an Obama presidency completely hobbled in its final two years. In response, the president and his party are struggling to come up with a broad economic message that can rebut, […] Read more »

GOP May Reap Rewards of Obama’s Unpopularity in Midterms, Poll Finds

President Barack Obama and his Democratic Party are facing difficult political headwinds less than eight months before November’s midterm elections, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Obama’s job-approval rating has dropped to a low point of 41 percent, never a good position for the party controlling the […] Read more »

Americans Split on Obama as 69% Back Minimum Wage Hike

President Barack Obama is rebounding from record-low approval ratings as he remedies the botched rollout of his health-care website and moves past the budget standoffs of the last several years. Less than eight months before the November midterm elections, Americans are evenly split, with 48 percent approving of Obama’s job […] Read more »