State of the Union 2014
It’s Time: On Tuesday night Democracy Corps and Women’s Voices Women Vote Action Fund will conduct live dial meter tests and focus groups with swing voters in Colorado. Don’t miss Stan Greenberg’s expert...Revolt Against Congress: Game On
Key Points: This poll is in the congressional battleground looking at named incumbents and is virtually the only window into what is really happening. Appreciate the attention this has gotten. Yes, the health care roll-out and reduced presidential standing has...
Unmarried Women Cast Deciding Votes in Virginia Election
On November 5, 2013, Terry McAuliffe won the gubernatorial election with the overwhelming support of Virginia’s unmarried women. Unmarried women, who gave McAuliffe two thirds of their votes, matching President Obama’s vote among this group, were decisive in the...
Revolt Against Washington and Corrupted Politics
Partisanship drives most issues these days, but concern over the influence of money-in-politics is one of the few areas with the power to breakthrough the otherwise divisive national conversation in top battleground districts, according to new polling released today...
Revolt Against Washington and the Republican Congress
The most recent Democracy Corps Congressional Battleground survey, fielded just two days after Congress ended the government shutdown, reveals a nation angry with Washington, the country’s direction, and congressional incumbents.[1] While voters...Seniors could decide this election
When all the dust is settled in the off-year elections, we may decide it was seniors who gave the Democrats their chance for a comeback. We have flagged this growing trend before, but the pattern is now too consistent to ignore. When Republicans swept...
Keep in mind, Ted Cruz is mainstream in the Republican base.
Keep in mind, Ted Cruz is mainstream in the Republican base. According to the latest national survey conducted for Democracy Corps and Women’s Voices Women Vote Action Fund, which fielded just last week, Ted Cruz is right at the center of a Republican Party that...
38 Percent: A new national survey on the ACA
A new national survey conducted for Democracy Corps and the Women’s Voices Women’s Vote Action Fund[1] shows an intense new majority for implementing and improving the Affordable Care Act. A minority of voters want to repeal or replace “Obamacare,” which has been the...New Survey From Democracy Corps and Women’s Voices. Women Vote Action Fund
The latest national survey by Democracy Corps and Women’s Voices. Women Vote Action Fund shows that Republicans are paying a big price with the public and are now bleeding seriously in their congressional vote. Up until now, they have had peaks of voter...
Inside the GOP: Report on focus groups with Evangelical, Tea Party, and moderate Republicans
If you want to understand the government shutdown and crisis in Washington, you need to get inside the base of the Republican Party. That is what we are doing in the Republican Party Project and these focus groups with Evangelicals, Tea Party, and moderate...
Mapping the Republican Brain
The Republican Party is descending into unchartered realms of unpopularity with the country, even as its deepening divisions leave it immobilized in the face of doomsday budget deadlines.[1] If you want to know why Speaker Boehner has appealed to Democrats for help,...
Engaging confidently on health care reform
Republicans will run on health care reform in 2014 and 2016, so get used to it. But do not believe that it will give them a better chance of securing their seats or the best shot at putting competitive Democratic seats in danger. Democrats in the most rural and...
The New American Economy – Full Report
“How do these jobs stack up to the cost of living?” Americans are living in a new economy—one in which jobs do not pay enough to live on what they used to—and barley keep up with prices at the grocery store, student loan payments, and childcare expenses. Voters have...
Putting the spotlight on the Republican Party
Democracy Corps is announcing a new initiative — the Republican Party Project — by releasing results from the project’s first national survey. The President and Democrats won big in 2012 but Republicans now set the terms of the debate —...
The Women’s Economic Agenda
Last week, House Democrats released a new policy agenda called “When Women Succeed, America Succeeds.” Their agenda is divided into three broad policy areas—pay, work and family balance, and childcare—with policies in each category aimed at addressing...The New American Economy
There are emerging perceptions and understandings about how the economy now operates that can be fairly described as a New American Economy – with very different assumptions about life chances and equity. These conclusions are very tentative, based on two...
Not so fast: 2014 Congressional Battleground Very Competitive
The first Democracy Corps Congressional Battleground survey of the most competitive House races will challenge serious commentary and the informed presumptions about the 2014 election. Analysts, pundits, and commentators have concluded that there will be fewer seats...
