… They thought intensity and enthusiasm were on their side this time – poll after poll showed Republicans were more motivated to vote than Democrats – and that would translate into votes for Romney. As a result, they believed the public/media polls were skewed – they thought those polls oversampled […] Read more »
What do voters really think about the economy? Three lessons from exit polls
Deep within Tuesday’s election results is some surprising insight about the way Americans are thinking about the economic conditions affecting them. For all the sense of economic discontent brewing in the country, at the broadest level, their vote was for the status quo: President Obama will remain in the White […] Read more »
2012 Post-Election Jewish Surveys Summary Findings
Exit poll results and election night surveys of Jewish voters reveal that President Obama and Democrats continue to receive tremendous support from Jewish voters. … After months of speculation about Obama’s standing among American Jews and an unprecedented multimillion dollar campaign by prominent Republicans to appeal to Jews, one thing […] Read more »
The Return of the Obama Coalition
With President Barack Obama’s decisive victory in the 2012 election, he becomes the first Democrat since Franklin Delano Roosevelt—and the only president since Ronald Reagan—to win two consecutive elections with more than 50 percent of the popular vote. … A potent mix of demographics, a steadily improving economy, a clear […] Read more »
The Real Mandate: CAF/Democracy Corps Election Poll 2012
Warren Buffett has famously said that of course there’s a class war, “and my class has been winning.” But in this election, Mitt Romney – the candidate of, by and for the 1 percent – lost. And he lost significantly because the middle class responded to a class war debate, […] Read more »
It was attitudes not demographics that determined the US campaign
… A lot has been written about how divided a country the US has become, with support for the two parties split down race, age and gender lines. But looking more closely, are demographics really the most important angle? … Important, yes, but you could also argue that demographics are […] Read more »