Few American voters feel their family is better off under ObamaCare, and a record number would repeal the law if they could. In addition, if comments by one of the health care law’s authors about lying to “stupid” Americans are true, over half of voters think President Obama or other […] Read more »
Hispanics’ Support for Obama Climbs After Executive Order
Hispanic Americans’ approval of President Barack Obama’s job performance is up 12 points, to 64%, since he issued an executive order protecting some immigrants who are living in the U.S. illegally from deportation. Whites’ and blacks’ ratings of the president did not change meaningfully during this time. CONT. Justin McCarthy, […] Read more »
Nearly 9 in 10 doubt Obama, GOP can break gridlock
Americans may not agree on much lately, but one opinion is nearly universal: There’s almost no chance that President Barack Obama, a Democrat, and the Republican Congress can work together to solve the country’s problems. A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds just 13 percent of Americans are confident the leaders, […] Read more »
Hispanics Back Obama Immigration Actions
Americans overall say they disapprove (51%) rather than approve of (41%) the executive actions President Barack Obama plans to take to deal with undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. However, Hispanics, U.S. immigrants and blacks approve of the actions by wide margins, whereas whites oppose them. CONT. Jeffrey M. Jones, […] Read more »
Why President Obama hasn’t been getting credit
If I were President Obama, I’d be enormously frustrated. The actual President Obama may be frustrated, too. After all, the country has created more than 200,000 jobs each month for the last 10 months, and unemployment has dropped to a level that is lower than it was before the president […] Read more »
Public Perception Is Just Wrong About Key Obama Issues
President Barack Obama is a renowned orator, capable of lofty and often moving rhetoric. When it comes to informing Americans about the accomplishments of his own administration, however, he’s not exactly the persuader-in-chief. A Bloomberg Politics poll shows that on two controversial issues, the budget deficit and deporting illegal immigrants, […] Read more »