Josh Kraushaar discusses the idea of voters seeking checks and balances in the next election with Glen Bolger and Neil Newhouse on Politico’s blog The Scorecard. Our latest national survey provides strong evidence that voters are concerned that they have given too much power to one political party and that Republicans can provide a check […]
read moreLast week brought us tax day, and for some that meant standing in long lines at the post office scrambling to submit returns on time, while for others it meant going out to tea. Yes, tens of thousands of protestors staged “tea parties” around the country last Wednesday to demonstrate their angst over taxes, government […]
read moreThis was the topic of discussion on a recent MPR (Minnesota Public Radio) show that I appeared on. As I commented on the show there are many different ways to look at this, but overall I think the answer is “no.” Consider some of the social attitudes that Public Opinion Strategies has been tracking for […]
read moreThe LA Times Top of the Ticket blog mentions Gene Ulm’s post on about the misery index. Gene Ulm has an interesting examination of the Misery Index, the combination of the unemployment and inflation rates. Of the 15 midterm elections in the last 60 years, Ulm notes fully 13 have been “change” elections, meaning the […]
read moreHowey Politics Indiana reported on the the tax protests that occured on April 15th, mentioning the POS poll conducted earlier this month about tax caps. Speaker Bauer began his April 15 tax day in a rather bizarre mode, too. First, he killed the property tax caps even though a recent Public Opinion Strategies Poll showed […]
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