The New Year has brought with it a flurry of announcements from Democrats who say they’d rather retire than fight on in 2010. Hardly a surprise when you consider the public sentiment we’re measuring in the NBC/WSJ poll. Over the course of 2009 the image of the Democratic Party slipped steadily from an 18-point net […]
Analysis
This post was written by Glen Bolger and Jim Hobart This is the first in a series of posts examining key polling data and other numbers to watch as we move towards Election Day. Over the course of the past year, much attention was given to the decline in President Obama’s approval rating from its […]
The recently completed “Wealth in America” survey done for CNBC by Dem pollster Peter Hart, and GOP pollster (and my biz partner) Bill McInturff, had an interesting question on the unused TARP money. The survey was conducted December 1-3, 2009 among 808 adults. The question: There is some two hundred billion dollars left over from […]
This post was written by Glen Bolger and Jim Hobart. While much attention is (rightfully) being paid to President Obama’s approval rating dipping below 50% in numerous tracking polls, his approval numbers on issues have also continued their downward descent that began months ago. According to a recent Bloomberg survey, the top four issues among […]
President Obama announced on Tuesday that the government is going to spend more money to create new jobs. No doubt, with unemployment still over the double-digit threshold we certainly need new jobs – but is more spending by the government really the answer? Not according to the public in a slew of recently released public polls: Six-in-ten […]
