I’ve written a lot over the last year about Independents doing an about-turn on President Obama. This was the group that helped catapult Barack Obama to the Oval Office in 2008, but over the last two years they have expressed some serious reservations. Their approval rating on the President’s performance has plummeted from 58{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} approve/28{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} […]
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A recently conducted survey of Colorado voters conducted by the bi-partisan research team of Lori Weigel of Public Opinion Strategies (R) and David Metz of Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates (D) highlights two very different races at the “top of the ticket” in Colorado. The results of the survey show a dead heat for […]
In our latest NBC/WSJ poll* President Obama gets a poor report card from the American public, and while he’s not up for re-election this year, his ratings will have an impact on the outcome of the mid-term elections. Consider the evidence: This month the President’s job performance rating is at 47{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} approve, 48{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} disapprove. This […]
I almost buried the lead. When I first wrote this blog posting, I closed with what is clearly the two most important paragraphs. So, I’ve now moved them to just after this next sentence. If the post seems disjointed, at least the most important points are right up front. These results The message results below remind campaigns […]
Because it is the only message they have. That doesn’t mean it will move voters. But, blaming former President George W. Bush is one of the few areas where voters still give President Obama the benefit of the doubt, so Democrats will work with what they have. The problem Dems have is that Republicans are […]
