If there was one word that was used most often to describe President Obama’s second inaugural address Monday, it was “liberal.” … Opinion polls show that on almost all of the major positions Obama espoused in his speech — entitlements, immigration, climate change and same-sex marriage — a majority of […] Read more »
How the fate of gun control is tied to presidential popularity
Want to know how people feel about President Obama’s gun control plan? Simply ask whether they approve or disapprove of how the president and his administration are doing their job. The two questions are nearly perfectly linked, and that could have major consequences for the future of gun control legislation. […] Read more »
Obama’s Fourth Year in Office Ties as Most Polarized Ever
During his fourth year in office, an average of 86% of Democrats and 10% of Republicans approved of the job Barack Obama did as president. That 76-percentage-point gap ties George W. Bush’s fourth year as the most polarized years in Gallup records. [cont.] Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »
U.S. Budget Discord Is Top Threat to Global Economy in Poll
Global investors say the state of the U.S. government’s finances is the greatest risk to the world economy and almost half are curbing their investments in response to continuing budget battles, a Bloomberg poll shows. … Even with stocks at a five-year high, almost half of investors — 47 percent […] Read more »
Contemplating Obama’s Place in History, Statistically
With President Obama’s second term under way, we have begun to see more reflections on how he might come to be regarded historically. As common sense might dictate — and as the statistics will also reveal — it is far too soon to conclude very much about this. Second-term presidents […] Read more »
Do Americans agree with Obama on climate change and immigration?
Saying “we will respond to the threat of climate change,” President Barack Obama used his second inaugural address to put the divisive issue back on the front burner. But according to a new national survey, Americans are divided over whether global warming is a man made phenomenon. The president also […] Read more »