ONE QUARTER OF VOTERS SAY PARTY HAS DONE NOTHING ENCOURAGING IN OBAMA’S FIRST 100 DAYS In announcing his intention to leave the Republican Party, Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter said, “Since my election in 1980, as part of the Reagan Big Tent, the Republican...
The congressional battleground districts for 2010 may not act to type, according to a new survey by Democracy Corps and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research in the 40 most marginal Democratic seats where nearly all expect Republicans to reclaim lost ground and the 15...
The congressional battleground districts for 2010 may not act to type, according to a new survey by Democracy Corps and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research in the 40 most marginal Democratic seats where nearly all expect Republicans to reclaim lost ground and the 15...
Tulane University and Democracy Corps have joined together to conduct a unique survey examining the New Orleans political landscape as the city approaches a critical mayoral election in February 2010. The survey of 1,008 likely voters was conducted April 5-14, and...
A new survey by Democracy Corps and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, completed shortly after reports about insurance giant AIG paying out millions in bonuses to its top executives, shows voters overwhelmingly blaming AIG management for the mess and not President Obama. The...
A new survey by Democracy Corps and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, completed on the eve on Congress’ pending vote on President Obama’s budget, shows increasing optimism among the electorate, sustained popularity for the president, and broad support for his...
In a recent interview with Rachel Maddow, John McCain’s daughter Meghan McCain warned her party that it was, “on the precipice of becoming irrelevant to young people.” This conclusion comes in the wake of a 66 to 32 percent drubbing by young people in the...
As Washington prepares to fully engage in the debate over President Obama’s budget, two new national surveys from Democracy Corps and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner show that the president and his allies are well positioned to win the battle over his budget. Obama...
With a national debate raging over the place of radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh in the Republican Party, a new national survey from Democracy Corps and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner finds that Limbaugh weighs down heavily on an already weakened Republican Party –...
PRESIDENT INSPIRES CONFIDENCE ACROSS PARTY LINES In his speech to the nation tonight, Barack Obama managed to break through the partisan polarization of Washington and connect directly with American voters across the political spectrum according to dial and focus...
With so much of the public’s attention on President Obama’s economic recovery package and plans for rescuing the financial system, Democracy Corps and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner decided to step back and ask a more enduring question: what is the...
A new survey by Democracy Corps and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, completed in the wake of the Senate’s passage of President Obama’s economic recovery package, shows that support for Obama and his recovery plan remains strong. While some media have reported...
Two new surveys from Democracy Corps find strong support for President Barack Obama, his agenda and his economic plan. In the wake of his inauguration, Obama boasts his strongest personal ratings yet, enjoying a better-than 3:1 favorable-unfavorable ratio nationally....
Election Day was full of historic results for Barack Obama. But his performance among seniors provided one of the few lower points, as exit polls show that Obama lost to John McCain among seniors 45 to 53 percent. According to the exit polls, while Obama made gains...
Over 61 percent of eligible voters turned out this year, the highest turnout level since 1968. Much has been made of Barack Obama’s turnout machine, which drew out a new cadre of voters–”particularly new African American, Hispanic, and young...
Amid a deepening recession, Barack Obama will enter the White House facing an American public hopeful that he can bring about the change on which he campaigned and which Americans desperately yearn for. Obama’s strong standing has not yielded an inch since his...
In this analysis, the first in a series of reports from the Democracy Corps databes on trends in the 2008 electorate, Democracy Corps founders Stan Greenberg and James Carville, along with Anna Greenberg and John Brach of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, explore early...
