Many American voters are not on the same page as President Obama when it comes to the mood of the country and his economic proposals. Yet significant improvements in perceptions of the economy are boosting approval of the president — and less than half of voters want his executive actions […] Read more »
The diagnosis is right, but where’s the cure?
On this Americans agree with President Obama: The economy is getting better — for the rich. A USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll finds broad skepticism that the proposals the president outlined in his State of the Union Address last week will go anywhere in a Republican-controlled Congress, though. And that’s distressing […] Read more »
Obama Job Approval Hits 50% for First Time Since 2013
Less than a week after President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address to Congress, his job approval rating reached 50% in Gallup Daily tracking conducted Friday through Sunday. This is the first time the president’s rating has returned to that level in Gallup’s ongoing three-day rolling averages […] Read more »
Partisan Bases Are Not Always Where Their Elected Leaders Want Them To Be
Two policy questions roiling Washington show that partisan bases are not always as united as their elected party leaders in D.C. would like them to be. Crosstabs from two questions on the latest NBC/WSJ survey underscore that. In both cases, Republicans and Democrats do not agree with each other, but […] Read more »
Debunking Conventional Wisdom
At the beginning of this month, Republicans took the reins of Congress, prompting an outpouring of conventional wisdom from the pundits that the Grand Old Party, after leading a House that broke records for doing nothing, now actually has to legislate to win in 2016. It sounds right that Republicans […] Read more »
Americans’ Views on 10 Key State of the Union Proposals
Gallup data reveal how Americans’ views line up with 10 key issues raised by President Barack Obama in his 2015 State of the Union address Tuesday night. CONT. Frank Newport, Jeffrey M. Jones & Lydia Saad, Gallup Read more »