The latest national survey from Democracy Corps finds an electorate that gives President-elect Barack Obama strong marks – even stronger than on the last occasion when the country turned to a Democrat to lead in 1992 – and with even higher expectations....
Deeply grounded in contemporary social currents and political passions, the Obama campaign took the scope of campaign communication and activity into whole new realms and, in the process, dwarfed McCain’s efforts. Obama’s election was produced by an...
In the summer of 2008, Barack Obama held a slim national lead over John McCain but his position was by no means secure. After a bruising primary battle, the Democratic base was fractured as many white, blue-collar Democrats – critical voters in Rust Belt swing states...
From Stanley Greenberg’s New York Times op-ed, Tuesday, November 11, 2008: I’m finished with the Reagan Democrats in Macomb County in Michigan after making a career of spotlighting their middle-class anger and frustrations about race and...
On November 7, Stan Greenberg, Chairman and CEO of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner and co-founder of Democracy Corps released the findings of a unique post-election survey conducted for Democracy Corps and the Campaign for America’s Future. The survey provides the most...
The final national survey from Democracy Corps and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner shows Obama with a stable and decisive lead in the race for president. But there is much more going on that will likely produce an even bigger outcome. With surging enthusiasm and solidity of...
YOUTH FOR THE WIN! Barack Obama will make history in one week in no small measure due to the enthusiasm and commitment of America’s youth. The Obama campaign awakened a generation. To be sure, this campaign was aided by events surrounding the campaign, but the...
With a week to go before Election Day, Democrats are on the verge of making historical gains in Mountain West Congressional districts. With the huge gains Democrats are making in the Mountain West, they should work hard to capitalize on their progress and permanently...
Democrats are on the brink of making historic gains in swing Mountain West Congressional districts. Four years ago in these 11 targeted districts, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry lost by 15 points and Democratic Congressional candidates lost by an average...
The latest Democracy Corps weekly tracking poll of the Republican-held Congressional battleground shows Democratic candidates maintaining their strong position with just over a week left before Election Day, even in an extended battleground. Because of their continued...
A SPECIAL NATIONAL SURVEY OF REPUBLICAN PARTY SUPPORTERS With the country poised for its second wave election, Republican supporters are on a different page and disconnected from the rest of the country. That helps explain John McCain’s implausible close to the...
The Democratic congressional candidates have made key gains in the fifty most vulnerable Republican seats over the last month, but an analysis of the almost 5,000 interviews shows that there are emerging targets that can tilt the balance further. The Democratic...
Barack Obama has no business winning in Georgia this year. Neither does U.S. Senate candidate Jim Martin. Yet both Democrats are within striking range in a state President Bush carried by 17 points in 2004, and where in the last six years Republicans replaced...
Based on more than 3,000 interviews over the course of the past three weeks among likely voters in the key battleground states that will settle the Electoral College, this report shows Barack Obama leading John McCain by 9 points (51 to 42 percent) and significantly...
