Republicans are enjoying a five-year peak in popularity after their wins in the midterm elections, according to a new Bloomberg Politics poll, while President Barack Obama struggles with his lowest job approval rating, at 39 percent. The White House also is facing a backlash from independents who oppose his unilateral […] Read more »
Obama Loses Support Among White Millennials
President Barack Obama’s job approval rating in 2014 among white 18- to 29-year-olds is 34%, three points higher than among whites aged 30 and older. This is the narrowest approval gap between the president’s previously strong support base of white millennials and older white Americans since Obama took office. CONT. […] Read more »
For Obama, a Go-It-Alone Push Fits the Times
… Mr. Obama has long since concluded that pursuing dreams of reconciliation in his final two years in office is a fool’s chase. So he is offering an alternative model for 21st-century presidential success. … George C. Edwards III, a Texas A&M professor who edits Presidential Studies Quarterly, wrote last […] Read more »
Immigration Threatens Republicans From Within
The furor over President Barack Obama’s executive action shielding millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation poses hazards for him, including legislative complications, a possible legal challenge and a public backlash. The risks for Republicans are greater, threatening schisms among the party’s members of Congress through next year, spilling over to […] Read more »
Video: Are race relations better or worse under Obama?
Jeanne Cummings, David Ignatius, Charles Blow, and Gerald Seib discuss a new Bloomberg poll with some surprising findings on race in America under the country’s first black president. Face the Nation Read more »
Most Americans See Race Relations Worsening Since Obama’s Election
President Barack Obama had hoped his historic election would ease race relations, yet a majority of Americans, 53 percent, say the interactions between the white and black communities have deteriorated since he took office, according to a new Bloomberg Politics poll. Those divisions are laid bare in the split reactions […] Read more »