As both sides debate whether the President’s new “charm offensive” with the GOP is real or manufactured, it’s worth taking a look at just how many rank-and-file Republicans are even open to Obama’s entreaties. [cont.] Amy Walter, Cook Political Report Read more »
2012 Post-Election Meaning for 2014
Last November on election day McLaughlin & Associates completed our post-election poll. As we all know President Obama was re-elected by as decisive a margin as George W. Bush received in 2004. It was an election where President Obama won the Democratic vote 92% to 7%. Governor Romney won the […] Read more »
Obama’s approval drops as Americans take a dimmer view of his economic policies
The afterglow of President Obama’s reelection and inauguration appears to have vanished as increasingly negative views among Americans about his stewardship of the economy have forced his public approval rating back down to the 50 percent mark, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. … The poll contains ample […] Read more »
Drops in Approval & Trust on the Economy End Obama’s Post-Election Honeymoon
The post-election party is over for Barack Obama, with the president slipping in overall approval and relinquishing his advantage over congressional Republicans in trust to handle the economy. But it looks not so much like a gain for the GOP as a sequester-inspired pox on both houses. The automatic budget […] Read more »
Gun-control poll: Public split on whom to trust — Obama or Republicans
The nation is evenly split between President Obama and congressional Republicans over whom it trusts to handle the issue of gun control, while most continue to support stricter gun-control measures of the kind backed by Democrats, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. [cont.] Ed O’Keefe & Scott Clement, […] Read more »
What History Tells Us About Obama’s Second Term
In my line of work, you learn to look for historical patterns, but not to fall prisoner to them. … It’s far too early to make a judgment about the 2014 midterm election, whether it will be another six-year-itch debacle for, in this case, the Democrats, let alone what the […] Read more »