Nearly six in 10 Americans believe that high-ranking IRS officials in Washington were aware the IRS had a practice of targeting conservative political groups for greater scrutiny in recent years. One-quarter think knowledge of this was mainly limited to the agency’s office in Cincinnati where the mishandled applications for tax-exempt […] Read more »
More Americans have a positive view of the economy
Positive evaluations of the economy are up from April and are the highest they’ve been in years. While a majority (60 percent) still says the economy is bad, 39 percent now say it is good – the highest it has been since late 2007. … The attack in Benghazi and […] Read more »
Benghazi: Majority thinks administration is hiding something
Amid investigations into the terrorist attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, a majority of Americans – including more than three in four Republicans (77 percent) and six in 10 independents (59 percent) – think the Obama administration is mostly hiding something on the issue of Benghazi. A majority […] Read more »
Almost Half of Americans Say Obama Untruthful About IRS
Almost half of Americans say President Barack Obama isn’t telling the truth when he says he didn’t know the Internal Revenue Service was giving extra scrutiny to the applications of small government groups seeking tax-exempt status. Forty-seven percent of Americans say they don’t believe Obama compared with 40 percent who […] Read more »
Obama standing remains steady amid controversies
The recent disputes involving the IRS, last year’s deadly Benghazi attack and the Justice Department’s media probes have raised doubts about the Obama administration’s honesty and integrity among majorities of Americans, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds. President Barack Obama’s support among independents has been eroded by the […] Read more »
Five Signs Define the Direction of the 2014 Midterm Elections
… When thinking about the 2014 midterm, the obvious question is whether this election will be a continuation of the dynamics of 2012, in which Republicans continue to have problems with minority, female, younger, and moderate voters, or whether the historic dynamic of voters showing displeasure with presidents halfway through […] Read more »