If President Obama’s State of the Union address lived up to its advanced billing, you will have heard a lot of tax talk Tuesday night. Polls suggest the issue does not top voters’ agendas, though the president’s focus could increase its salience. Just last week, Pew asked Americans how important […] Read more »
The State of the Union, 2015: Not Great, but Getting Better
The state of the nation? Not great – but it’s sure been worse. That summarizes public attitudes as Barack Obama prepares to deliver his penultimate State of the Union address. There are grace notes, largely based on improving views of the economy. But deep concerns about long-term and structural economic […] Read more »
State of the Union 2015: How Americans see the nation, their leaders and the issues
President Obama and other administration officials have been road-testing several possible themes and proposals that are likely to come up in his State of the Union speech today. Here’s a look at public opinion on the issues that Obama and Republicans say they will push in the coming year, as […] Read more »
Obama in a Word: ‘Good,’ ‘Incompetent’
As public perceptions of Barack Obama have changed over the course of his presidency, so too have the words used to describe him. The national survey by the Pew Research Center, conducted Jan. 7-11 among 1,504 adults, finds that the words good (35 mentions) and incompetent (33 mentions) are used […] Read more »
Do people want to stop Obama’s immigration move? Yes. And no.
Congressional Republicans face a major dilemma in how to respond to President Obama’s executive action delaying deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants. And to complicate that decision, two polls find conflicting results about what the public wants Republicans to do. CONT. Scott Clement, Washington Post Read more »
Where Obama Has—and Has Not—Recovered
President Obama heads into his State of the Union address tonight enjoying reviving approval ratings from key groups in his coalition but still facing entrenched skepticism from the older and blue-collar whites who were crucial to GOP victories last fall. … Whatever the economy’s condition, African-Americans, Hispanics, and college-educated white […] Read more »