In our on-going effort to better understand key electoral sub-groups, Public Opinion Strategies commissioned a national survey of women voters on May 21-30, 2014. The survey was designed to provide a perspective on how the Republican Party and its candidates can productively move to engage women voters on issues they care about. It reflects an […]
In a recent NBC-WSJ poll, conducted April 23-27, 54{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} of Americans agreed and 43{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} disagreed with the following statement: “Because of the widening gap between the incomes of the wealthy and everyone else, America is no longer a country where everyone, regardless of their background, has an opportunity to get ahead and move up to […]
Last spring I examined Gallup’s extensive trend data regarding Americans’ perceptions of public schools, which revealed the lowest confidence levels recorded since this question was first asked in 1973. While confidence ticked up a few points on the most recent survey (June 2013), just one-in-three (32{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222}) adults say they have a great deal of confidence […]
Townhall quoted Bill McInturff in an article about a POS chart that compares polling questions during incumbent friendly elections, the data suggests the 2014 midterms will not be a good year for Democrats. U.S. News quoted Bill McInturff in an article about President Barack Obama and how “the president is in a much weaker condition than […]
On behalf of NBC News, Public Opinion Strategies and Hart Research Associates conducted a survey May 7-10, 2014. The survey, found here, measured attitudes about the death penalty and awareness of a recent lethal injection mishap in Oklahoma. KEY FINDINGS 1) A majority (59{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222}) of voters support the death penalty for persons convicted of murder. […]
A recent Gallup poll of adults in the United States focused on the ways Americans connect digitally with political campaigns (http://tinyurl.com/kxl6nry). Gallup found that while Democrats are more likely to receive communication from a campaign digitally, Republicans are more politically active on social media sites. Republican campaigns should not discount reaching their voters digitally – […]
In a super sample national survey of 1,600 registered voters conducted by Public Opinion Strategies, President Obama’s job approval rating is just 43{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} approve/52{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} disapprove. Key findings on subgroups include: Among white voters, President Obama has a 35{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} approve/61{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} disapprove rating. Among African Americans, he is at 89{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} approve/7{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} disapprove. Portending turnout problems, among Hispanics […]
With ongoing turmoil in Ukraine, Americans express concern over the situation but continue to favor a more restrained foreign policy approach to the conflict with Russia. Over three-quarters (78{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222}) of Americans are very or somewhat concerned about the current situation in Ukraine. Yet, there is a strong preference to pursue economic and diplomatic measures (65{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222}) […]
All of the punditry that says that the 2014 map is an issue for Democrats are right. The main reason they are right? Well, there are twelve states listed as 2014 lean or toss-up Senate races by Charlie Cook and his crack team at the Cook Political Report. In 2012, Mitt Romney averaged 53.3{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} of […]
According to the latest NBC-WSJ poll conducted April 23-27, 2014, overall results are worse for the president and Democrats than the comparable findings on the last weekend heading into the 2010 election on five of six key national measures including: Direction of the country; Presidential job approval overall; Presidential job approval among whites; Congressional Preference; […]
