As economic indicators and holiday shopping numbers trickle out at the year’s end, it’s good to remember that the economy is about more than data points like GDP and unemployment. There’s also personal circumstances and psychology: what people think about their economic situations and prospects. And, like most everything else, […] Read more »
Middle America assails Washington machine as indifferent and ‘above us’
America has met the enemy, and it is Washington. That was the message from a focus group of 11 Cincinnati-area voters, who issued a scathing and impassioned indictment Wednesday of Washington, D.C., and everyone in it — from lawmakers to the president and, most strikingly, a political system that makes […] Read more »
Poll Position: Obama’s collapsing numbers
President Obama is 5-for-5, but not in the way he’d prefer. In baseball, 5-for-5 signifies perfection. In Obama’s case, it means the opposite. On the five most important polling questions that measure a president’s success, he’s not only dropped significantly, but he’s now regarded negatively overall. CONT. Fred Barnes, The […] Read more »
The Battle of 2014
… So the $16-trillion question is: With 35 Senate seats up for grabs next fall, can the Republicans win control of the upper chamber? … Obviously, the unique dynamics of individual races will sometimes be decisive; but on average, races tend to balance themselves out. More generally, such contests are […] Read more »
Obama Approval Among Young Americans Down, But Still Above Average
The Harvard Institute of Politics’ new millennials poll released this week continued that group’s history of tracking college students and young Americans more generally. … One of the key findings in this latest survey is a drop in Barack Obama’s job approval rating among 18- to 29-year-olds, from 52% in […] Read more »
Obama Approval Down Most Among Hispanics in Past Year
President Barack Obama’s job approval rating averaged 41% in November, down 12 percentage points from 53% last December, his high-water mark since his first year in office. Hispanics’ approval has dropped 23 points over the last 12 months, the most among major subgroups, and nearly twice the national average. CONT. […] Read more »