The endgame over the fiscal cliff, like the first stirrings of debate about gun control and immigration, all capture a subtle but potentially consequential shift in the Washington dynamic. On each front, Democrats are growing more unified while Republicans and conservatives are displaying increasing cracks. That inverts the alignment through […] Read more »
25 Interesting Facts about the 2012 Elections
As we prepare to truly turn the page on the 2012 election and begin to focus on the 2014 cycle, here are 25 interesting facts about the 2012 election that you probably didn’t know. … President Obama won 77 percent of all counties with a Whole Foods Market, and just […] Read more »
Obama Approval at 56%, Highest Since October 2009
President Barack Obama’s job approval rating has risen to 56%, by two percentage points his highest three-day reading since October 2009. Although the president’s job approval rating has been in the 50% range for much of the time since his re-election, the new high point this week coincides with the […] Read more »
Are GOP policies too extreme?
Just over half the public says that the GOP should give up more than the Democrats in any bipartisan solution to the country’s problems, according to a new national survey. And a CNN/ORC International poll also indicates that a slight majority of Americans sees the Republican party’s policies and views […] Read more »
Closing the Book on 2012
Now that we have official election results from nearly every state, we wanted to offer some closing thoughts on election 2012. … Our nation now takes two months to vote, and two months to count the votes. This is unacceptable. It is unwise for balloting to start so many weeks […] Read more »
Election 2012: The Money. The Truth. The Story.
Marty Kaplan, of the USC Annenberg School, discusses the ramifications of the 2012 presidential election. Read more »