One need look no further than the minimum wage to find evidence that Republicans are wildly out of touch. A year ago, every single Republican member of the House voted against increasing the minimum wage. … Yet, since November alone, no fewer than eight different nonpartisan public polls by six different […] Read more »
Is the Democratic Party’s minimum wage push working?
Last December, Democratic politicians, organizers, labor groups and strategists began diagramming their plan for the midterms. Income inequality was going to be the theme, and a push to raise the minimum wage was going to be how they showed they were serious about addressing the issue. And given the data […] Read more »
Democrats Try Wooing Ones Who Got Away: White Men
… It is a challenge that runs throughout the nation’s industrial heartland, in farm states and across the South, after a half-century of economic, demographic and cultural shifts that have reshaped the electorate. … Democrats generally win the votes of fewer than four in 10 white men. But they win eight […] Read more »
G.O.P., Though Deeply Split, Has Election Edge, Poll Shows
Republicans are in a stronger position than Democrats for this year’s midterm elections, benefiting from the support of self-described independents, even though the party itself is deeply divided and most Americans agree more with Democratic policy positions, the latest New York Times/CBS News poll shows. The independents in the poll […] Read more »
Most Americans disappointed in Obama’s presidency, poll says
Amid continued pessimism about the economy and direction of the country, 59 percent of Americans say they are disappointed in Mr. Obama’s presidency (including 37 percent who are very disappointed); 40 percent are satisfied. Much of this discontent comes from Republicans and independents, but a quarter of Democrats express at […] Read more »
Why Minimum Wage Threatens Republicans
A frank admission: Political reporters, including yours truly, absolutely cherish exit polls of voters. … Here is one gem from the last presidential election that really surprised me. … Among the just over one in five voters who answered “cares about people like me” as their most important quality in […] Read more »