Despite a volatile and eventful past few weeks in the early presidential contest, President Barack Obama continues to hold a small — and slightly narrowing — lead over Mitt Romney, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. … Mark Murray, NBC News Read more »
Obama’s gay-marriage announcement a ‘draw’
Two weeks after President Obama announced he supports gay marriage, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows that his announcement — politically — looks to be a wash. In the poll, a combined 17 percent says it makes them “much more likely” or “somewhat more likely” they will vote […] Read more »
Obama, Romney in dead heat
After months of aggressive campaigning on jobs and the economy, President Obama and Mitt Romney, his likely Republican challenger, are locked in a dead heat over who could fix the problem foremost on voters’ minds, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. … Jon Cohen and Dan Balz, Washington […] Read more »
Prosperity Shortfall Puts Obama at Risk; But Romney’s Not Yet Seized the Day
Americans are nearly twice as likely to say they’ve gotten worse off as better off under Barack Obama’s presidency, a prosperity shortfall resembling the one that cost the first President Bush his job in 1992. But Mitt Romney has yet to seize the opportunity fully, with weaknesses on personal as […] Read more »
Obama on the High Wire
… The roots of Democratic Party vulnerability on affirmative action and other forms of group-based “preferences” lie in the social, cultural and moral revolutions of the 1960s and 70s — revolutions that have been the source of contemporary liberalism’s strengths and liabilities. … Thomas B. Edsall, Columbia University (NYT) Read more »
Obama, Romney Each Has Economic Strengths With Americans
Americans see the cost of healthcare, the federal budget deficit, and unemployment as the most important economic issues facing the country today, according to a new USA Today/Gallup poll asking them to rate the importance of 10 such issues. … Americans prefer President Obama over Mitt Romney for handling healthcare, […] Read more »