It’s a year out and EVERY Republican has one question on their mind: Will ‘14 be more like ‘10 (yeah!), or will it be more like ‘12 (yuck)? If this were Ireland and you could bet on political elections (it’s not and you can’t), at least this would help you handicap your wagers. All mid-term […]
NBC-WSJ September 5-8, 2013 poll (full release) – PDF Format
The situation in Syria signals an increasingly adverse sentiment among the American public to any government policy which would involve U.S. engagement – through airstrikes or otherwise. According to an August 29th NBC/WSJ poll, 44{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222} of Americans opposed airstrikes against Syria to disrupt their chemical weapon capabilities. A week later, the percentage of Americans opposing […]
Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time, but public attitudes toward the 1995 and 1996 government shutdowns went south quickly. And, the standing of Republicans in Congress dropped from a pretty good level to a much weaker point. It was a sobering lesson in the advantage of the bully pulpit of the […]
In the August 28-29 national survey for NBC/Wall Street Journal (conducted jointly by Bill McInturff of Public Opinion Strategies and Fred Yang of Hart Research Associates), the numbers on Syria were clearly challenging for the President. Less than two weeks later, the numbers on the three questions that were tested again were decidedly worse. Especially […]
The latest NBC News poll (conducted jointly by Public Opinion Strategies and Hart Research on August 28-29) sheds significant light on American attitudes toward potential military action against the government of Syria, but does little to clarify it. First, consider the political environment: President Obama has little political capital. His approval score is 44% approve/48% […]
Politico quoted partner Bill McInturff in an article that discussed war weariness in America and a possible future conflict with Syria. Partner Nicole McCleskey was mentioned in a Roll Call article regarding an upcoming House race in North Carolina. The Christian Science Monitor cited a poll conducted by the firm in an article about the […]
Recent public polling shows President Obama in nearly an identical place where President Bush was at this point in his second term, and far below where Presidents Reagan and Clinton found themselves at this point: Given the high approval ratings for Presidents Reagan and Clinton in their second terms, it’s not surprising that there were […]
The data I’ve compiled and written about in previous posts (here, here, and here) help set the scene for the challenges this administration faces as it looks forward to the implementation of major provisions of the health care law (in three months) and the 2014 Congressional elections (in about 15 months). The latest NBC-WSJ survey, […]
Who says the American electorate can’t find common ground? In the latest NBC/WSJ poll*, we see it across several measures. Indeed, when it comes to the topic of Congress, there is a good deal in common across both the partisan divide and congressional districts. Let’s start with the public’s assessment of Congress overall. This month, […]
