Americans divide on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the federal health care law and on Barack Obama’s plans for the health care system alike, while favorable views of Mitt Romney’s approach to health care fall shorter, with more undecided. [cont.] Gary Langer, ABC News Read more »
Health care ruling has not impacted race for White House, so far
Thursday’s landmark Supreme Court decision upholding the country’s health care law appears to have had exactly zero impact on the presidential election so far, and has produced virtually no change in opinions on President Barack Obama or Republican challenger Mitt Romney, according to a new national poll. [cont.] CNN Read more »
Obama Now Leads Romney 48% to 43%
President Barack Obama has maintained at least a slight margin over Mitt Romney in each of the last six Gallup Daily tracking averages, including a 48% to 43% lead among registered voters in the July 2 report, spanning June 25-July 1. [cont.] Frank Newport, Gallup Read more »
Public Opinion Will Swing Against ObamaCare Repeal
… If Republicans make re-litigating health care a major topic for this election, they will find that they are now pushing the health care boulder up the same hill that Clinton and then Obama tackled. They can’t repeal without replacing but the public has no appetite for three more years […] Read more »
Playing It Dangerously Safe
… Although poll data does not specifically link Romney’s vacillation on immigration to the lack of enthusiasm for his bid, it is virtually certain that a reluctance to take a stand is not an effective tool for building voter intensity. Romney’s stance – or lack thereof – speaks in part […] Read more »
Bain Attack Takes Toll on Romney
… The presidential race has been essentially tied for an uncommon length of time. No dynamic — not glum economic news, not a special election loss, not a series of off-message surrogates — has been able to shake that. But over the last two months, even as national polls have […] Read more »