Glen Bolger is quoted in The Washington Post in an article about Republican’s rise in confidence in regaining the Senate majority in 2014. Roll Call mentions Glen Bolger’s memo on poll results that show the benefits from an advertising blitz for Republican state Speaker T.W. Shannon in the upcoming special-election primary to replace resigning Oklahoma […]
Democratic after-action reports on their Florida-13 special election loss are clear: they lost because they didn’t turn out the vote. While there is much parsing on the who, what, when and where of Obamacare, the facts are that Republicans showed up while Democrats didn’t. Take a look at what Alex Sink’s pollster Geoff Garin […]
The National Journal quoted Bill McInturff in an article about American’s negative view of Obamacare and how it can help Republicans this year. Bill McInturff was quoted in The Wall Street Journal in an article about the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll that found President Obama has the lowest job-approval ratings of his presidency. […]
As the final post in our three-part health care blog series, we examine how the ACA is impacting people’s lives in the 1st quarter of 2014. Although voters believe the health care law is benefitting people with pre-existing conditions and the uninsured, they do not see the law as having much positive impact on them […]
The NBC-WSJ March 2014 survey is out and can be found here. Below are ten key findings from the data. The public mood remains negative. Public pessimism about the direction of the country is frozen in place in the Mid 60’s (26{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} Right Direction – 65{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} Wrong Track) and just 26{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} say the economy will […]
As noted earlier this week, voters have an initial negative reaction to the health care law with stronger opposition to the health care law than support (34{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} support/45{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} oppose/20{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} no opinion). This support/oppose question, though, does not tell the whole story about how voters are feeling about the ACA. We asked a very interesting question […]
Health care is second only to the economy and jobs as a vote issue for 2014 (Economy and Jobs – 55{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222}, Health Care – 31{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222}). This survey tells us 2014 could be shaping up to be a Republican year. When voters were asked which party they want to control Congress after this year’s elections, a […]
Gene Ulm was mentioned in the New Zealand Herald in an article about ACT and the progress of the party.
The Columbus Dispatch quoted Neil Newhouse in an article about the timing of a campaign to overturn the ban on same-sex marriage in Ohio. Gene Ulm was quoted in The Journal Times in an article about Governor Scott Walker and his political future. A new poll picked up by Politico found that more voters are […]
The most stunning aspect of the disastrous rollout and implementation of Obamacare is the sheer number of problems the law presents for Democrats. From “if you like your plan, you can keep it,” which Politifact deemed the Lie of the Year, to patients being dropped by doctors they know and trust, a new politically damaging […]
