… On February 7, Santorum won the Colorado and Minnesota caucuses as well as the nonbinding Missouri primary. Santorum beat Romney by almost 6 points in Colorado and by almost 30 points in both Minnesota and Missouri. … With so little pre-election polling and no exit polls in these three […] Read more »
In Washington, countdown to a shutdown
… As one Republican pollster told me, though a majority of voters don’t like Obamacare, they’re not angry enough about it to risk a fiscal crisis that could hurt the economy. So why are Republican lawmakers hearing a different message? Because most of them represent districts so conservative that they […] Read more »
Fight over spending, debt and health law has risks for Republicans and Obama
… The latest Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that a majority of Americans say that they oppose the law—52 percent, compared with 42 percent who favor it. Among Republicans, 78 percent oppose it, and 68 percent of Republicans oppose it strongly. Overall, Democrats like the act, although 31 percent of […] Read more »
Polls give both sides ammunition in shutdown fight
With the clock ticking down toward a possible government shutdown over a bitter partisan battle over the new health care law, both sides appear to be digging in. In this dangerous game of political chicken, public opinion could be crucial, and right now polls suggest both the White House and […] Read more »
Public Splits on Debt Limit Even with Fears of Damage
Americans are expressing conflicted attitudes about the next round of budget battles in Washington, with the public evenly divided on increasing the nation’s debt limit – yet also broadly concerned about economic impact of failing to do so. Forty-six percent in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll favor raising the […] Read more »
Mapping the Republican Brain
… But you will understand the current war in the Republican Party better if you are able to see the the six underlying attitudinal dimensions that run through the consciousness of today’s Republican Party supporters. It is these dimensions that create the passionate factions at war against “Obamacare,” gay marriage, […] Read more »