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1994=2010

November 2nd was a very bad day for Democrats – indeed, the worst since November 8, 1994 when Democrats lost their four-decade hold on the House of Representatives, control of the US Senate and 472 state legislative seats across the country. Newt Gingrich...

Republicans Should Not Misread the Mandate

Republicans should not misread the mandate and the changes that came out of this big election.  This post-election survey conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner for Democracy Corps and the Campaign for America’s Future digs deeply into what produced this...

The Power of Messages to Close the Vote

The positive movement for Democrats in the congressional vote tracking has fallen back this week. Republicans hold a 5-point lead at 50 to 45 percent after a month of Democratic gains with the race narrowing to a 2-point margin last week, but importantly, the survey...

A Progressive Comeback?

Democracy Corps’s tracking this week and last week report a closing congressional vote.  Any movement at all in the Democratic direction is notable given the unprecedented disparity in independent campaign expenditure this cycle and continued disheartening...

Race Narrows with Further Message Clarity

It is three weeks to the election – and Democrats are in position to finish closer.  That is the possible ‘October Surprise’ we spotlighted last week.  For sure, the Democrats are still behind, in grueling race-by-race battles against...

October Surprise?

We are very close to believing that the 2010 election can move to a new place. Our latest poll shows the Democrats with a 6-point deficit–”and any shift will have a significant impact on the number of House seats and the hold on the Senate. This conclusion and...

How To Talk to the Rising American Electorate

Democrats need to learn again how to talk to the voters who brought them success in 2006 and 2008. The Party continues to slide toward what will likely prove the most challenging election cycle since 1994. Pollster.com’s average of national surveys has...

Democrats Should Want This Tax Cut Debate

This will be a tough election, but fortunately, the unfolding tax issue can work strongly to help Democrats and define the choice in the election.  This is a case where Democrats are strongly aligned with public thinking and priorities.  Only 38 percent...

End of July Tracking: Real Economic Indicators

Monthly tracking from Citizen Opinion shows troubling trends in the public’s experience, perceptions and conclusions. Virtually every personal measure has returned to the lowest point on our seven months of tracking and macro-expectations have darkened too....

Netroots Nation Straw Poll Results

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...

Special Report on the Tea Party Movement

The ‘Tea Party’ is very real and will have a big impact on this year’s election and beyond – but it is important to correctly characterize this movement.  The Tea Party is a grass-roots, intensely ideological, conservative Republican...

Grim Stability Will Require Race-by-Race Fight

National survey of 1,001 2008 voters conducted June 19-22, 2010. This tracking is for Democracy Corps’ polling at the end of June.  While these results were released publicly, we thought it would be helpful for progressive leaders to stare at the results...

Monthly Report on Real Economic Indicators

The monthly tracking on the state of the macro and micro economy makes it even harder to build a short-term economic narrative predicated on national economic progress. That may be possible in years ahead, but difficult in the next four months. A declining number...