President Barack Obama averaged 45.8% job approval during his fifth year in office. That is down more than two percentage points from his fourth-year average, and slightly better than his career-low 44.4% in his third year. CONT. Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »
Obama’s NSA Speech Has Little Impact on Skeptical Public
President Obama’s speech on Friday outlining changes to the National Security Agency’s collection of telephone and internet data did not register widely with the public. Half say they have heard nothing at all about his proposed changes to the NSA, and another 41% say they heard only a little bit. […] Read more »
Race relations are better than last year, but still have a ways to go
… For this Martin Luther King weekend, the Economist/YouGov Poll looked at current perceptions of race relations in the United States. Overall, Americans are just about as likely as they were last August (the 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s speech) to think relations between whites and blacks are good. CONT. […] Read more »
Going the Distance: On and off the road with Barack Obama
… Obama’s election was one of the great markers in the black freedom struggle. In the electoral realm, ironically, the country may be more racially divided than it has been in a generation. … Obama’s drop in the polls in 2013 was especially grave among white voters. “There’s no doubt […] Read more »
Despite an improving economy, Obama’s approval rating stays low
The stock market has hit sky-scraping highs, the unemployment rate has dipped to a five-year low and any number of economic statistics — new car sales, home prices, consumer spending — point to a perked-up economy that is steadily growing. But one thing that has changed little is President Obama’s […] Read more »
The Democratic Party’s uphill path to 270 electoral votes in 2016
My Post colleague Dan Balz has some very interesting reporting from Democratic and Republican strategists. Both groups seem somewhat pessimistic about the GOP’s chances in 2016: … Demographics are certainly one factor worth considering. But it’s worth taking a minute to see what a few of those others factors suggest. […] Read more »