President Barack Obama’s approval rating has declined to an all-time low as public frustration with Washington and pessimism about the nation’s direction continue to grow, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. … And for the first time in the survey, even Obama’s personal ratings are upside-down, with […] Read more »
Regime change — home edition
A poll of 1,504 adult Americans taken nationwide earlier this month (Oct. 9-13) by the respected Pew Research Center found that just 14 percent of us are satisfied with “the way things are going in this country today.” At about the same time, an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found […] Read more »
Overview of the Fall 2013 Wisconsin Survey Results
St. Norbert College and Wisconsin Public Radio released the results of their fall 2013 Wisconsin Survey. Wendy Scattergood, assistant political science professor and associate to the Strategic Research Institute at St. Norbert College, provides an overview of the key survey results. St. Norbert College Read more »
Fox News Poll: 73 percent dissatisfied with direction of country, up 20 points from 2012
Nearly three-quarters of American voters are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country today, and almost all of them rate the economy negatively. Moreover, as more Democrats join the ranks of the disaffected, the dissatisfaction is increasingly bipartisan. CONT. Dana Blanton, Fox News Read more »
Post-shutdown, Congress disapproval at all-time high
The recent government shutdown and the debate over raising the debt ceiling have taken their toll on Americans’ perceptions of the legislative branch overall. In this poll conducted after the 16-day government shutdown ended, 85 percent of Americans disapprove of the way Congress does its job – the highest percentage […] Read more »
Obama’s Approval Rating Matches Two-Year Low, Poll Shows
President Obama’s standing with Americans has slumped significantly, as the public remains skeptical about his health care law and unsure about the economy, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. … Mr. Obama is being hurt by a public that has grown sour in the face of what […] Read more »