Americans’ confidence in the economy was extremely negative. This negative sentiment about the economy created a difficult environment for President Obama and the Democrat majority in Congress. The difficult economy helped create the highest wrong track percentage in the last five off-year elections (27% Right Direction/67% Wrong Track). This election was nationalized around attitudes about […]
This article was co-authored by Bill McInturff and Liz Harrington. Public Opinion Strategies conducted a national telephone survey of 1,000 actual voters on election night. Health care reform was very much a key part of the debate this election with nearly seven in ten voters (69{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222}) saying they have seen, read, or heard a Congressional […]
The word “Obamacare” has entered the American political lexicon as almost nine out of ten voters (89%) can rate the term on a positive/negative scale. Voters have little difficulty answering an open-ended question about their reaction to the term Obamacare. Voters have a negative reaction to the term Obamacare (29% positive, 47% negative, with 13% […]
Public Opinion Strategies recently conducted a national telephone survey on behalf of the Center for Health Transformation February 17-18, 20-21 , 2010 among 900 registered voters. The margin of error for a survey of this size is +3.3%. Key Findings from this survey are: Americans have paid close attention to the health care debate as 85% […]
By Bill McInturff and Elizabeth Harrington In one of the first national surveys completed after the House vote on health care reform…things do not look good for President Obama and Democrats in Congress: Opposition to President Obama’s health care plan is higher after the House vote than our previous tracks (29{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} favor/40{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} oppose). Voters’ net […]
