With all the bipartisan hooplah over the opening of President George W. Bush’s library, there are two lines President Obama hopes NEVER cross: his and President Bush’s respective images. The latest NBC News/Wall St. Journal polling shows President Bush’s rehabilitation has a ways to go before it renders obsolete the “mess I inherited” language that […]

In six of the last nine years, Public Opinion Strategies has analyzed the policy proposals put forth by every state’s governor in their annual State of the State speeches.  Overall, there were 580 policy proposals this year—370 from Republican governors, 196 from Democratic governors, and the remainder from an Independent. Ten percent (10{09f965da52dc6ab4c1643a77bd40d1f729d807040cd8db540234bb981a782222}) of this […]

The next few months will see the closing of legislative sessions in many states across the country, marking the unofficial beginning of the 2014 elections in those states.  During this time, caucus leaders will engage in the critical tasks of candidate recruitment, organization building, and fundraising, all of which are needed for a successful November […]

Politico’s Pro Report and Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post linked to the State of the States analysis conducted by POS and discussed the findings of the study, which can be found on our blog here. The Indianapolis Star mentioned a poll conducted by POS for the Indiana chapter of Americans for Prosperity. The article […]

With Friday’s roll-out of the Gang of Eight’s immigration bill, it is a good time to take a closer look at Americans’ perceptions about immigrants and immigration reform: Over the past eight years, Americans’ attitudes have shifted to be much more positive when it comes to the perceived impact immigration has on the United States.  […]

It’s official:  The federal government has never been in worse shape. According to a new Pew poll conducted March 13-17 and released on Monday, the federal government has reached a new low in public perception, even among Democrats. At the same time, the public gives considerably higher marks to the state governments where Republicans have […]

In six of the last nine years, Public Opinion Strategies has analyzed every State of the State speech for policy proposals. Overall, there were 581 policy proposals this year – 371 from Republican Governors and 196 from Democratic Governors, with the remainder from an Independent. The first document is a summary that breaks down the […]

Republicans have become fond of saying in various forms: Hispanic voters should be with us because of our shared social values, or, we are the party of faith and family which are important to Hispanic voters. In our Hispanic voter focus groups, the value of family was center stage.  It was one of the defining […]

One feature of this last election in the minds of the Hispanic voters in our focus groups – Democrats were the party willing to “help” you again and give you loans so that everyone can afford to go to college. Republicans by default were cast in the role of bad guy out to “hurt” average Americans by denying them access to greater opportunity.

Women are now more likely than men to attend and graduate from college, to perform better academically, and to attain an advanced degree.  A majority of those in management and professional careers are now women, according to the Department of Labor (up from one-third in 1985). Yet, the latest NBC Wall Street Journal  poll co-conducted […]