Healthcare costs (19%) and access (18%) continue to rank among the leading issues Americans cite when asked what they consider to be the country’s “most urgent health problem.” But Ebola, mentioned by 17%, now joins these perennial concerns as one of Americans’ top health worries. CONT. Lydia Saad, Gallup Read more »
You win elections to enact policy, not the other way around
… The Beltway media approach to winning elections is to regard winning elections as the key step that helps you win more elections. … Ultimately, though, the point of winning elections is to pass legislation that helps the most people, at the least harm, and at a reasonable cost. Majorities […] Read more »
Senate Battleground Poll: Women’s Reproductive Health Remains an Electoral Priority
While the continuing economic struggles of everyday Americans played a central role in the 2014 election, protecting women’s access to health care, including abortion, played an important part as well. A new NARAL Pro-Choice America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund survey in four key Senate battleground states demonstrates that voters […] Read more »
Americans Say Government, Economy Most Important Problems
The economy in general and government are the issues Americans are most likely to name as the most important problems facing the country in November. These are followed closely by mentions of immigration and unemployment. CONT. Rebecca Riffkin, Gallup Read more »
Bad Decisions Came Back to Haunt Democrats in Midterms
… Americans resent the policy choices that Obama and congressional Democrats made early on. Voters saw little action that would have turned the economy around and created jobs for many working- and middle-class Americans. Their struggle continues to this day, and it cost Democrats their Senate majority last week. Choices […] Read more »
Latino Support for Democrats Falls, but Democratic Advantage Remains
After more than a year of inaction by Congress and President Obama on immigration reform, Democrats maintain a wide, but diminished, advantage among Hispanic registered voters, according to a new nationwide survey of 1,520 Hispanic adults, including 733 registered voters, by the Pew Research Center. CONT. Pew Read more »