As the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marks its fifth anniversary, this month’s poll finds the gap between favorable and unfavorable opinions of the law has narrowed to the closest margin in over two years. A majority continue to say their family has not been personally impacted by the law, but […] Read more »
Ohio Senate: The Last Ride of the Appalachian Democrat
The combination of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (president) and former Gov. Ted Strickland (Senate) as a Democratic “ticket” atop the ballot here next year would be a throwback. That’s not intended as a catty reminder that both Clinton (69 on Election Day 2016) and Strickland (75 on that […] Read more »
Iran negotiations popular
Americans broadly back direct negotiations with Iran about that country’s nuclear program, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. And although about half (49%) say some Republican senators went too far by sending a letter to Iran’s leaders warning that any agreement with the Obama administration would require Senate approval, only […] Read more »
Obama’s Approval Rating Rebounds Despite Divisions Over Economic Policies
Lifted by improving economic expectations, President Obama’s approval rating in the latest Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor Poll has rebounded to its highest level in nearly two years. But even with that recovery, Americans remain split almost evenly on both the impact of his economic policies and his overall performance, the […] Read more »
America’s Still-Healing Racial Wounds
Fifty years ago, on March 15, 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson gave one of the most memorable speeches by a U.S. president, calling on Congress to enact a voting rights bill by borrowing the cry of the civil rights movement: “We shall overcome.” The Voting Rights Act passed a little more […] Read more »
Obama Serves Up Jokes at Gridiron Dinner
President Barack Obama joked about his age and Hillary Clinton‘s e-mail troubles at a white-tie Washington dinner Saturday night that also featured one of the top Republican 2016 hopefuls. … The president, who is 53 years old, joked about his age: “Just a few years ago I could never imagine […] Read more »