Glen Bolger was quoted in The Washington Post in an article about the odds of President Obama winning…
Posts Tagged ‘Generic Ballot’
Western States Round-Up
I first posted on the positive trends in Western States last month. The positive movement witnessed last month is holding.
Obama Approval
President Obama’s approval rating continues its descent in the West. Last month, we reported a 56% approval rating, with 37% disapproving of the job he is doing as President. That marked a ten point drop [...] Read more
A Contradiction in Data
Yesterday, I wrote a post about the Republican standing on the generic ballot being significantly better off now than four (and two) years ago. Amy Walter from the Hotline made the following comment on my Facebook page:
“Thanks for the smart post Glen. It’s also interesting to note the tightening of the generic even as Congressional [...] Read more
Better Off Than We Were Four Years Ago
In the last off-year elections, Republicans trailed by eight to 15 points on the generic ballot from the summer of 2005 throughout 2006. The challenge wasn’t simply Katrina — the slippage came prior to then, as pre-surge Iraq proved to be a mess. The deficit on the generic ballot remained in double digit range throughout 2008.
In case you are [...] Read more
We Are Not Alone: Independents Are Starting To Think Like Us
Republicans can find some solace in the recent NPR national survey results that we are not alone. As Glen Bolger noted in his posting Independent’s Day, the GOP might now have a reason to believe.
What’s striking about this recent survey data is just how much closer Independents are to Republican voters on many key political [...] Read more
It’s Independents Day
The new national survey done for NPR by Public Opinion Strategies and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research is chock full of interesting data, including some good news for the GOP, as well as continued caution. I will be writing a new post per day this week on the NPR survey.
The best news is the generic ballot. [...] Read more