Posts by Glen Bolger
Dem Turnout Problems Continue

This post was written by Glen Bolger and Jim Hobart In recent days, this article from Gallup about a decline in enthusiasm among Republican voters has gotten a good deal of attention in the press and especially in the liberal blogosphere. While some in the media were quick to tout this survey as “good news” […]

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Answering the “Party of No” Attack

The newest NBC/WSJ poll  has a wealth of interesting information, and Alex Bratty will be blogging on some of those key findings over the next few days.  But, one question that Bill McInturff and Peter Hart asked caught my eye, so I’ve written a post on it.  As always, these opinions expressed on the blog do […]

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The Mood Gap Finally Favoring Republicans

A key to understanding the mindset of Independent voters is to compare their views on the right direction/wrong track with the views of Republicans and Democrats.  Independents are always somewhere in between the two partisan groups — but the key is which partisan group are Independents closer to at any point in time — which I’ve […]

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National Security Woes Plague Dems

Our friends across the aisle at Democracy Corps released a survey yesterday that received a lot of national attention.   Calling it a wake-up call, they noted “the results are sobering” for President Obama and the Democrats.  Their analysis is well worth reading, including the point that: Historical doubts about the Democratic Party on national security […]

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GOP Interest Remains Higher Than Dem

Going back a few weeks to the NPR poll, there was some interesting findings that I did not get to (apologies, but there was a death in the family).  One of the last posts I wrote was on the GOP’s new lead on the generic ballot.  Just as important is the interest advantage among Republicans […]

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