If the federal government shuts down starting Tuesday because of a bitter partisan battle over the new health care law, more people say congressional Republicans rather than President Barack Obama would be responsible, according to a new national survey. A CNN/ORC International poll released Monday morning, hours before funding for […] Read more »
Just one in four approve of Republicans handling of government shutdown standoff
On the eve of a government shutdown, Americans disapprove of all players in Washington’s latest budget standoff in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, although they save particular ire for Republicans’ handling of the fight to fund the government beyond midnight. [cont.] Scott Clement, Washington Post Read more »
Disapproval on Budget Debate Puts the GOP at Greater Risk
A new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds the Republicans in Congress at greater risk of political damage in a government shutdown: Sixty-three percent of Americans disapprove of their handling of the budget debate, 13 points worse than Barack Obama’s rating on the issue. Neither side gets remotely positive scores, indicating […] Read more »
Why Both Parties Will Lose in the Fiscal Battles
With the plethora of polls coming out these days, including at least two presidential job-approval ratings released daily, it’s easy to become numb to the nonstop numbers. Sometimes it’s helpful to step back and look at a president’s ratings over time, both in the context of where his approval numbers […] Read more »
What’s in a name? Lots when it comes to Obamacare/ACA
What’s in a name? When it comes to the debate over health care, apparently a lot. In CNBC’s third-quarter All-America Economic Survey, we asked half of the 812 poll respondents if they support Obamacare and the other half if they support the Affordable Care Act. [cont.] Steve Liesman, CNBC Read more »
Americans Reject by 61% Obama Demand for Clean Debt Vote
Americans by a 2-to-1 ratio disagree with President Barack Obama’s contention that Congress should raise the U.S. debt limit without conditions. Instead, 61 percent say that it’s “right to require spending cuts when the debt ceiling is raised even if it risks default,” because Congress lacks spending discipline, according to […] Read more »