… Republicans have behaved as if it was always safe for them to criticize whatever Obama did (the main exception being when Osama bin Laden was killed). The assumption is that Republican voters will invariably take their side and oppose him, and swing voters will conclude that the president’s views […] Read more »
Obama’s Approval Rating and the Outlook for the 2016 Presidential Election
With the 2014 midterm election in the rearview mirror, the attention of pundits and political prognosticators has quickly shifted to the outlook for the 2016 presidential election. … While the identities of the 2016 Democratic and Republican candidates will not be known for more than a year, one thing that […] Read more »
Poll Finds Agenda Gap Between Leaders, American People
Republicans are trying to burnish their party’s image–and Congress’–by promising to “get things done” now that the GOP controls both the House and Senate. But a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows that the public doesn’t care much about some of the first things the GOP, or President Barack […] Read more »
State of the Union 2015: Playing offense, President Obama makes gains on critical issues
Online dial testing with 61 white swing voters across the United States and two follow-up online focus groups – one with white non-college educated men and women and one with unmarried women – show that President Obama’s agenda to bring America closer together as a “tight knit family” scored big. […] Read more »
Partisanship shapes views on state of the nation
As President Obama and congressional Republicans reengage over economic issues, Americans offer a gloomy assessment of the state of the nation. But those perceptions appear to be heavily influenced by political identification and partisan leanings, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Fifty-seven percent of Americans describe the state […] Read more »
CNN/ORC Poll: SOTU more popular than last year
President Barack Obama’s sixth turn at the State of the Union podium sparked a more positive reaction among speech-watchers than last year’s address, according to a CNN/ORC instant poll, with 51% of Tuesday night’s viewers reporting a very positive response to Obama’s speech, up slightly from 44% in 2014. CONT. […] Read more »