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, […]
Over the past month, the conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip has continued to escalate as both sides have been unable to agree to a durable ceasefire agreement. Given the America’s strong historical alliance with Israel and the possible regional consequences of a prolonged military altercation, the current conflict creates implications for […]
Last month, I reviewed Pew’s report entitled Political Polarization in the American Public and showed how it tracked with the growing polarization in Congress (https://pos.org/2014/06/polarization-showing-no-signs-of-narrowing/). Over the last decade, the number of consistent conservative and liberal Americans has nearly doubled – this blog post looks at how these Americans are isolating themselves in areas where […]
Glen Bolger was quoted in a Philly Tribune article as stating that “…it is clear that immigration was not a top-tier issue for voters in this primary.” Neil Newhouse was mentioned in a Politico article regarding the difference in political donations between men and women in America. A POS poll was cited in an article […]
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, […]
In April, we wrote about the challenges of building constituencies of young voters due to the multiple platforms vying for their attention. In this post, we continue to look at how young people are spending their time on various media and the importance of reaching them now and on their terms. As we have noted […]
In the runup to this fall’s midterm elections, much has been written about the ways a midterm electorate differs from a Presidential electorate. However, some data put together by Dr. Michael Bitzer, a professor of politics and Provost at Catawba College in North Carolina, suggests that there is not just a significant difference in WHO […]
A poll conducted by Nicole McCleskey was mentioned in a Santa Fe New Mexican piece showing how the New Mexico governor’s race is being dominated by incumbent Susana Martinez (R).
In July 2013 and then again in December 2013, I provided some sobering observations from publicly available polling data on Obamacare. In December, following the fumbled rollout of healthcare.gov and the frustration and anger felt by many Americans whose plans were cancelled, I made the following observations: Being “nebulous” was the best thing going for […]
Bill McInturff was quoted Noozhawk.com‘s article (written by Mark Shields) about how many people are overestimating Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Bill McInturff was quoted by Bloomberg News in an article articulating the impact of Obama’s economic rebound on his Democratic allies. Neil Newhouse was quoted in an article on RealClearPolitics.com in support of John Kasich. Neil […]
