Americans are feeling better about the economy today than they have in years. For the first time since early 2013, more Americans approve of the job Obama’s doing on the economy (48 percent) than disapprove (47 percent). That’s good news for Hillary Clinton and Democrats heading into 2016. Yet, Americans […] Read more »
The Mystery of the Missing Evangelicals
Republicans haven’t won the presidency for two cycles now — and, for many party faithful, a perceived lack of support among evangelical voters is to blame. … The missing evangelical vote has been cited as a key factor by 2016 GOP hopefuls such as Sen. Ted Cruz and former tech […] Read more »
Bloomberg Politics National Poll Finds Improving Economic Mood
Hillary Clinton’s presidential hopes may be buoyed by a more optimistic feeling about President Barack Obama and the economy seen in a new Bloomberg Politics poll. Americans are becoming more optimistic about the country’s economic prospects by several different measures. President Barack Obama’s handling of the economy is being seen […] Read more »
Bloomberg Politics National Poll Finds Deep Partisan Split on Israel and Iran
Israel has become a deeply partisan issue for ordinary Americans as well as for politicians in Washington, a shift that may represent a watershed moment in foreign policy and carry implications for domestic politics after decades of general bipartisan consensus. CONT. Margaret Talev, Bloomberg Politics Read more »
Could Obama’s liberalism hurt Hillary Clinton in 2016?
Hillary Clinton is now formally a presidential candidate, to pretty much no one’s surprise. One of the important challenges she faces is simple history: it has been difficult for a political party to hold the White House for more than two terms. The political scientist Alan Abramowitz, whose presidential election […] Read more »
2016: An Unanchored, Puzzling Presidential Election
So far, the 2016 presidential campaign is not about anything very much, excepting issues specific to the leading and emerging candidates. It has been mostly about controversies swirling around Hillary Rodham Clinton, including the legacy question, which she shares with Jeb Bush. And more recently the focus has turned to […] Read more »