In the House, Richard Nixon’s the one. In the Senate, Bill Clinton has not stopped thinking about tomorrow. But both of them are about to be replaced in modern political history* by Barack Obama unless Election Day turns out far differently than projected. The category, Alex? Recent two-term Presidents who have done the most political […]
Analysis
Barack Obama must not like his fellow Democrats. How else can we explain that the man with the golden political touch when he is on the ballot is political absinthe in the midterms. In our latest national survey, our pre-election poll done October 30-November 2, Obama’s approval rating of 41{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} approve/56{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} disapprove is lower than […]
The tea leaves are clear: It is going to be a very good Republican cycle. Underlying every election cycle is the basic underpinning of the issue agenda and which party is perceived as being able to better handle the key issues. Pollsters keep getting asked for the “one number” that tells the story of an […]
With recent data revealing near record-low levels of confidence in the public school system, it is no surprise that in the June NBC/Wall Street Journal survey a majority of Americans indicate that they would like to see education reforms. Fully, 62{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} of adults say we need major changes or a complete overhaul of public schools, […]
Every time a new poll is released, we feel a great disturbance in the force, as if a million voices cried out in terror. It has been over a decade since more Americans said the country was heading in the right direction than that it was off on the wrong track. Confidence in the military, […]
