… By endorsing gay marriage, championing free contraception in health insurance plans (over resistance from the Catholic Church), and administratively legalizing young people brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents, Obama has repeatedly subordinated the concerns of older and blue-collar whites to the preferences of the Democrats’ emerging coalition: […] Read more »
The SCOTUS Ruling Thursday and Public Opinion
… One of our most important conclusions from our recent editors’ review of public opinion data on the ACA was this: “Views of the Healthcare Law Highly Polarized by Party.” As noted in our review, 71% of Democrats say it was a good thing that the law passed, while 81% […] Read more »
Did Obama just get his mojo back?
… Recent polling suggests that Romney might not benefit significantly outside his core constituents. It’s clear that the ruling will help him with conservatives. The Affordable Care Act helped galvanize Tea Party activists in 2010. Now the only way the law can be defeated is if Mitt Romney is elected. […] Read more »
Swing State Storm Clouds for Obama and Romney Alike
The latest round of Quinnipiac University swing state polls released this morning offer as much to frighten as cheer both President Obama and Mitt Romney. In that way, they capture the crosswinds that today point toward a closely fought, sharply polarized, and probably highly negative, campaign through November. [cont.] Ron […] Read more »
Voters say neither candidate has plan for economy
In a tight presidential race that both candidates say will turn on the economy, majorities of American voters believe neither has a plan to improve things. [cont.] Dana Blanton, Fox News Read more »
Obama leads big with Hispanics, but they’re not fired up and ready to go yet
Hispanics overwhelmingly approve of President Obama’s recently announced immigration policy and give him a 40-point lead over Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, according to results from a new NBC News-Wall Street Journal-Telemundo poll. [cont.] Domenico Montanaro, NBC News Read more »