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Voters Downgrade Washington

A new survey by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research for Democracy Corps reveals voters’ growing anger with Washington. This survey fielded at a unique time – just as Standard and Poor’s announced its credit rating downgrade. As a result, these results...

NYTimes: Stan Greenberg on Why Voters Tune Out Democrats

BARACK OBAMA can’t catch a break from the American public on the economy, even though he prevented a depression and saved global capitalism. Perhaps the president finds solace in knowing he’s not alone. During this period of economic crisis and...

Raising the Debt Limit: Key Points for the Final Week

We just want to underscore recommendations that we offered earlier on strongest messaging in the debt-ceiling debate – both for independent swing voters and the broad progressive base. These points move the needle. In this e-alert, we will only highlight...

June National Survey

The latest poll conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner for Democracy Corps confirms recent political and economic trends. The survey was of 1000 likely 2012 voters conducted June 18-21, 2011. Margin of error: +/-3.1 percentage points unless otherwise noted.

Netroots Continue to Show Strong Support for President Obama

Greenberg Quinlan Rosner and Democracy Corps, in conjunction with Revolution Messaging, conducted a straw poll of progressive activists, journalists, and bloggers at the Netroots Nation conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is the third year the straw poll has been...

New York’s 26th is not Alone

Republican leaders and conservative pundits have spun Democrat Kathy Hochul’s upset win in New York’s 26th Congressional District as exceptional – with peculiar ballot lines, Tea Party independents, quality of the candidates, and Democratic...

Paul Ryan to seniors: Drop Dead.

Congressman Paul Ryan’s budget proposal, to be embraced by the House Republican majority today, faces serious obstacles in winning public support, according to a new national survey by Democracy Corps and Campaign for America’s Future.[1] The Republican...
Republican-Obama Battleground Contested

Republican-Obama Battleground Contested

A new survey by Democracy Corps in 50 of the most competitive Republican-held Congressional districts – nearly all of which gave a majority to Obama in the last presidential election – shows the new Republican majority very much in play in 2012.[1] This...
Republican-Obama Battleground Contested

Congressional Battleground 2012

A new survey by Democracy Corps in 50 of the most competitive battleground Congressional districts – nearly all of which gave a majority to Obama in the last presidential election – shows the new Republican majority very much in play in 2012. The...

Winning the Budget Debate

The Republican assault on the budget is starting to lose the country – just as they unveil the scale of their cuts and the specific targets.  And this survey conducted by Democracy Corps shows how Democrats and progressives can best frame their budget message,...

2011 State of the Union

Dial testing and follow-up discussions with 50 swing voters in Denver, Colorado showed that President Obama’s 2011 State of the Union struck a powerful chord as he described his economic vision for the country. This was a difficult audience for Obama, yet his...

Another Look At Health Care

A new survey by Women’s Voices. Women Vote Action Fund and Democracy Corps shows that the new House majority misread American voters. Moreover, this research provides a new opportunity for progressives to reclaim critical blocs of voters who with-drew their...

It’s jobs, stupid.

The voters have a clear and dramatic message for the new Republicans in Congress and the President on the eve of his State of the Union Address: focus on jobs and the economy and show how America is going to be economically successful again. This is not a nuanced...

What Next for President Obama and Democrats?

2010 was a voter revolt against Democratic governance during an economic and jobs crisis. Above all, voters were frustrated with the lack of progress on unemployment, the seeming ineffectiveness of the president’s policies, a shortage of sustained focus on...