Perhaps no measure better captures the public’s sentiment toward the president than job approval. It dates back to the earliest days of public opinion polling, when George Gallup asked about Franklin D. Roosevelt starting in the 1930s: “Do you approve or disapprove of the way ____ is handling his job […] Read more »
‘A Fragile Majority’: How Americans Feel About Obama’s Fight Against ISIS
A majority of Americans support President Barack Obama’s proposed authorization to use force against ISIS, the Islamic State group, according to a new NBC News/Marist poll conducted after Obama sent his authorization to Congress. When told that the authorization would last for three years, calls for limited ground operations by […] Read more »
Roughly Three-Quarters of Americans Favor Goals of Obama’s Immigration Action
With just a week to go until the expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program—part of President Obama’s executive actions on immigration— nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of Americans say that Republicans in Congress should prioritize the passage of comprehensive immigration legislation, while 17 percent say Republicans in […] Read more »
The Outrage Dilemma
… Recent barbaric acts committed by Islamic State extremists, including the beheadings of Westerners and the immolation in a cage of a Jordanian air force pilot, shocked the nation. Now we learn of the death of Kayla Mueller, a 26-year-old American aid worker held hostage by ISIS since August 2013. […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Despite economic gains, many Americans just getting by
Sure, things are much better. Just not for me. That’s how many American voters view the economy, according to the latest Fox News poll. The number saying the country is still in a recession is down more than 20 percentage points since 2010. Yet the number saying their family is […] Read more »
AP-GfK Poll: Majority approves of Obama job on unemployment
Americans’ views of President Barack Obama have improved slightly in the past two months, and opinions are more positive about the direction of the country and the health of the economy, an Associated Press-GfK poll finds. A slim majority now approves of the way Obama is handling unemployment, according to […] Read more »