This is not a polling analysis. Instead, I thought it important to share two key strategic message points on the blog. The first is, there has been a move afoot among Democrats and some in the media to claim that the economy has turned around. And, of course, they point to select stats to make […]
read moreMullings.com writer (and friend of Public Opinion Strategies) Rich Galen pointed out today that on the 100th day of his Administration, Barack Obama had a 67% approve/28% disapprove rating. Now, however, after 224 days of his Administration, Obama has tumbled down to a 51% approve/42% disapprove rating. Thus, it took just 124 days for the […]
read moreThis article was co-written by Glen Bolger and Jim Hobart. Gallup recently used the ideology data from their tracking surveys from the first half of 2009 to compiled a list of the most conservative and most liberal states. While there are few surprises in the data (Alabama and Mississippi are the most conservative states, Massachusetts […]
read moreThis article was co-written by Glen Bolger and Jim Hobart. As the health care debate moves from the Capitol in D.C. to high school gymnasiums across the country, Democrats still find themselves on the losing end of the message battle and their hopes for creating a government-controlled and taxpayer-funded system continue to dwindle. Two recently […]
read moreMarriage. Marriage is what brings us together today. Most of the analyses looking at politics today focus on either the gender gap, or the generation gap, or the huge differences between base partisans. However, one of the more enduring and important gaps is the marriage/single gap. The 2008 exit polls showed the gap. The 66{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} […]
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