When it comes to Washington controversies, most American voters think Benghazi, the IRS and the government’s electronic surveillance program are serious matters. A Fox News poll also finds that less than four in 10 voters trust the federal government. The new poll, released Thursday, finds 37 percent of voters answer […] Read more »
The Known Unknowns
… Ultimately, the two sides are counting on two very different things happening this fall. Republicans are counting on the national political environment to sweep the GOP to victory. … Democrats, meanwhile, are counting on making this an “all politics is local” election. … So, who’s right? No one can […] Read more »
Why voters approve (or disapprove) of President Obama
President Barack Obama’s job rating stands at 44 percent approve and 49 percent disapprove in the latest Fox News poll. That is the best rating he’s received since last fall. Why are voters giving the president the thumbs-up or the thumbs-down? The new poll, released Wednesday, encourages people to say […] Read more »
Democrats Are Unified; G.O.P. Is Unified Only in Opposing Obama
… Republicans are less unified than Democrats. For all of the G.O.P.’s unity in opposing President Obama, Republicans disagree on many issues. For all the Democratic Party’s history of factionalism, it is now the party of more ideological consistency. To understand these issues, we created a set of measures of […] Read more »
ObamaCare as a punch line
… The entire culture has decided that ObamaCare, arguably the president’s signature “accomplishment,” is a complete joke. This has literally changed politics in this election cycle. Previously, I was worried that Republican primary candidates would — as they have for several cycles — butcher each other this year and spoil […] Read more »
It’s a hard-knock life . . . for Harry Reid
… While Republicans should not be measuring their drapes for the Senate majority offices just yet, key data in those lean/toss-up Senate seats from the early 2014 merge of the NBC/WSJ polling done by my business partner Bill McInturff and his Democratic counterpart Fred Yang at Hart Research serves as […] Read more »