… After a week in which Romney has struggled to counter questions about his tax records and his tenure at Bain Capital, just 38 percent of Americans in this ABC News/Washington Post poll express a favorable opinion of the way he’s running his campaign for the presidency, while 49 percent […] Read more »
Obama widens lead over Romney among Latinos
Latino Decisions released new national poll of Latino registered voters showing Barack Obama winning 70% of the Latino vote compared to 22% for Mitt Romney. … This poll marks the first time Obama has received 70% of the vote in Latino Decisions polling on the presidential election over the past […] Read more »
Five things Romney should do
What must Mitt Romney do to ensure victory? First, Romney must remember that this election, like all elections, is mostly about the incumbent, in this instance Barack Obama. The governor shouldn’t be aiming to win as much as allowing the president to lose. [cont.] David Hill Read more »
Romney challenges Obama in blue-collar areas of Pennsylvania
The towns around Pittsburgh, the blue-collar areas where conservative Democrats live, are considered the greatest challenge for President Obama in battleground Pennsylvania, which is why it’s no surprise Mitt Romney made a campaign stop there Tuesday. Obama’s team has tried desperately to block Romney from any opening in a state […] Read more »
The Romney Campaign’s Data Strategy
Once a week, members of Mitt Romney’s political department gather in the campaign’s Boston headquarters and pretend that they are in Barack Obama’s war room. … “The Obama team had the luxury of knowing exactly what they’d be doing on July 1, 2012 because they’ve been planning for six years—definitely […] Read more »
Generation X and the Presidential Election
While many are asking whom crucial GenX voters will support in the November presidential election, the more important question may be whether they plan to vote at all. Shoshana Parker of GfK uses findings from the latest AP-GfK polling to explore GenX’s views and seemingly ambivalent feelings about politics. GfK Read more »