In the wake of the first 2012 presidential debate, as former governor Mitt Romney gained ground in swing-state and especially national polls, a narrative took hold about the importance of the auto bailout. The Buckeye State was likely to decide the election, President Obama was over-performing in Ohio relative the […] Read more »
Permanent Gridlock
… President Obama claims a mandate to raise taxes on the wealthy to reduce the deficit. Does the evidence back up that claim? Perhaps—it just depends on what evidence you are looking at. Some 60 percent of voters said that tax rates should either be “increased for all” or “increased […] Read more »
Why Obama’s post-election bounce won’t endear him to Republicans
President Barack Obama has received a bump in his job approval figures. Obama’s net approval stands at +9 percentage points in post-election polls. That’s the highest it’s been since the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Why is Obama’s approval on the rise and does it mean Republicans might be more […] Read more »
Election 2012 Post Mortem: White Evangelicals and Support for Romney
… A Pew Research Center analysis of exit poll data finds that white evangelical Protestants voted for Romney with as much enthusiasm as his other supporters did. In addition, white evangelical Protestants voted as heavily for Romney as they did for the GOP candidates in 2008 and 2004, and they […] Read more »
Obama approval rises postelection, most expect 2nd term economic improvement
A month after the bitterly fought election, President Barack Obama has his highest approval ratings since the killing of Osama bin Laden, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll, and more Americans say the nation is heading in the right direction now than at any time since the start of his […] Read more »
Blue World Order
… As recently as 2003, Democrats trailed Republicans by 29 percentage points on which party voters trusted more on national security. But on Election Day this year, voters trusted Obama and his challenger, Mitt Romney, equally on national security — and they trusted the president 11 points more on the […] Read more »