A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds widespread public disapproval of the way President Obama and Republicans in Congress are handling the influx of unaccompanied foreign children at the southern border as the two sides engage in a fierce debate over how to stem the crisis. … The findings represent […] Read more »
More than Half Back Immigration Plan; Ratings Weak for Obama, GOP Leaders
More than half of Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll support a White House plan to address an influx of Central American children crossing the border from Mexico, though the president himself receives poor ratings for handling the issue – as do his Republican critics in Congress. CONT. […] Read more »
This chart shows why President Obama is going to be a drag on Democrats this fall
President Obama isn’t on the ballot this fall. But, unless something drastic changes between now and November, Obama’s problematic poll numbers will complicate — but not doom — his party hopes of holding onto its Senate majority. That’s because one of the strongest predictors of seat gains (or losses) in […] Read more »
Half of America
… In elections up and down the ballot, each party now relies on voter coalitions that overlap remarkably little with each other in their demography, geography—or priorities. Democrats depend on a coalition that is younger, racially diverse, more secular, and heavily urbanized. Republicans mobilize a mirror-image coalition that is older, […] Read more »
Global Opposition to U.S. Surveillance and Drones, but Limited Harm to America’s Image
Revelations about the scope of American electronic surveillance efforts have generated headlines around the world over the past year. And a new Pew Research Center survey finds widespread global opposition to U.S. eavesdropping and a decline in the view that the U.S. respects the personal freedoms of its people. But […] Read more »
Some Democrats Steer Clear of Obama. Others Denounce Him.
When an unpopular president faces a difficult midterm election, candidates from his party tend to avoid him and try to focus on local issues, but the nationalization of politics has made this strategy increasingly difficult. Instead, some red-state Democrats are going out of their way to talk about President Obama […] Read more »