… The independent Pew Research Center released a major report on the attitudes of the millennial generation last week, and here’s what it found: The millennials are decidedly liberal, especially on social issues such as immigration and same-sex marriage. That helps explain why Obama won their votes by a 16-point […] Read more »
GOP May Reap Rewards of Obama’s Unpopularity in Midterms, Poll Finds
President Barack Obama and his Democratic Party are facing difficult political headwinds less than eight months before November’s midterm elections, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Obama’s job-approval rating has dropped to a low point of 41 percent, never a good position for the party controlling the […] Read more »
How Democrats Can Compete for the White Working Class
On the surface, the Democratic Party’s bid to win back the votes of the white working class looks like an impossible task. Between 2008 and 2012, President Obama’s already weak support among these voters dropped from 40 percent to just 36 percent. Looked at from a different perspective, though, Democratic […] Read more »
Americans Split on Obama as 69% Back Minimum Wage Hike
President Barack Obama is rebounding from record-low approval ratings as he remedies the botched rollout of his health-care website and moves past the budget standoffs of the last several years. Less than eight months before the November midterm elections, Americans are evenly split, with 48 percent approving of Obama’s job […] Read more »
Majority Backs Sanctions on Russia Only With European Allies on Board
Most Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll support economic sanctions against Russia for its actions in Ukraine – but only if the United States’ European allies participate. The result marks a general preference in U.S. attitudes for allied rather than unilateral action on international conflicts. In this case, […] Read more »
Common Core: The Obamacare of Education Policy
… It seems quite possible that “Obamacare” will continue to be unpopular even as the provisions of the ACA gain in use and acceptance. So it is with the Common Core, which many on the right will continue to associate with Obama’s perceived socialist agenda at least until he leaves […] Read more »