… Now comes a new paper from Dean Lacy of Dartmouth College, which aims to answer the question of whether the “takers” do indeed vote Democratic no matter what. The short answer is a qualified ‘no’: “benefiting from government spending has no effect on the probability of voting for Obama […] Read more »
Reason-Rupe Poll: Millennials Think Government Is Inefficient, Abuses Its Power, and Supports Cronyism
A Reason-Rupe survey of 2,000 Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 finds 66 percent of millennials believe government is inefficient and wasteful — a substantial increase since 2009, when just 42 percent of millennials said government was inefficient and wasteful. … The Reason-Rupe report finds this skepticism of […] Read more »
Americans show modest interest in Iraq news, less interest in World Cup
So far, the growing crisis in Iraq has not drawn strong interest from the American public. As Sunni militants extend their control of large swaths of Iraq, 25% say they are paying very close attention to the growing violence and political instability in Iraq. CONT. Alec Tyson, Pew Read more »
Women’s Economic Agenda: Powerful Impact on the Vote and Turnout in 2014
This is a turning point in the 2014 off-year elections when parties, candidates and leaders can recognize how central are unmarried women and the Rising American Electorate to the Democrats’ chances and how clear a path there is to get their votes and get them to vote. This is the […] Read more »
Memo to Establishment: Pay attention to this new report on the Republican Party
The defeat of Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor has prompted us to release this new and updated, full report of Democracy Corps’ Republican Party Project. The focus groups were conducted and reported last summer; the latest survey interviews were conducted in May and include results on immigration measures. The Republican […] Read more »
Winning Women: What Republicans Can Do in 2014
In our on-going effort to better understand key electoral sub-groups, Public Opinion Strategies commissioned a national survey of women voters on May 21-30, 2014. The survey was designed to provide a perspective on how the Republican Party and its candidates can productively move to engage women voters on issues they […] Read more »