Public looking for investment and balanced approach in face of sequester
As the country approaches the next self-imposed crisis deadline of the prolonged budget battle, politicians in Washington and state capitals across the country would do well to take note: swing voters have no appetite for the severe cuts that will result from the...
Obama makes gains among swing voters on critical issues
Dial testing and follow-up focus groups with 44 swing voters in Denver, Colorado show that President Obama’s second term agenda—expressed through new policies for energy, pay equity, jobs, and education—was well-received by voters.[1] The President made impressive...
Messaging and policies at the edge of the fiscal cliff
We are releasing today Democracy Corps’ results for addressing the fiscal cliff and policies and messages that get the country to the best short and long-term result. Because voters do not trust the Republicans’ priorities and judgment and see them...The State of the Republican Party
Our first Democracy Corps national survey of 2013 shows the Republican Party and Congress unpopular and out of step with mainstream politics and values. · The Republican Party brand has steeply eroded since Election...
Don’t forget the election’s unbelievably clear mandate on Medicare and Social Security
The Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told the Wall Street Journal last week that the President could get a budget deal to avoid the fiscal cliff if he agrees to raise the Medicare retirement age, raise premiums for some, and lower Social Security...
The Mandate on Taxes
President Obama won an Electoral College landslide and a 4-point national victory – against the great odds posed by prolonged high unemployment, lack of income gains, a barely perceptible recovery and political gridlock that kept his job approval at just 50 percent at...
Engaging the Big Economic Issues Ahead
The public mood on the macro economy and job market ticked up just before people were voting on Election Day, driven by increased optimism, but not necessarily pocketbook-level experiences. Basic indicators of personal finances have not improved and remain tough...
Democracy Corps and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Ranked Most Accurate of All National Pollsters in 2012 Election
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner and Democracy Corps are proud to have produced the most accurate national polls in the last three weeks of the 2012 U.S. presidential election, according to Nate Silver of New York Times FiveThirtyEight, with a smaller error than any national...
The Role of the Rising American Electorate in the 2012 Election
Barack Obama won because he recognized a New America. The President managed only 39 percent of the white vote, the lowest white percentage recorded for a winning national candidate, and suffered a 12-point swing against him among independent voters, but won both...
The real election and mandate
President Obama won an Electoral College landslide and a 3 or 4-point national victory – against the great odds posed by prolonged high unemployment, lack of income gains, a barely perceptible recovery and political gridlock that kept his job approval at just 50...
Voters Push Back Against Big Money Politics
In 2012, campaigns and outside groups spent a breath-taking $6 billion at the federal level, more than one billion of it was by Super PACs. A post-election survey conducted November 6-7, 2012 by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner for Democracy Corps and Public Campaign Action...The Election, Economy, and Policy Implications
These observations about the economy and election are based primarily on a new election night survey conducted for the Economy Media Project — conducted the nights of November 6th and 7th — with 800 voters. This is a unique survey that explores why people voted...How unmarried women, youth and people of color defined this election
Democracy Corps, along with partners at Campaign for America’s Future and Women’s Voices. Women Vote Action Fund, conducted election night and day-after interviews among those who voted this week to probe attitudes about why they made the choices they made in...Post-Election: The Real Mandate
Democracy Corps and Campaign for America’s Future collaborated on this post-election survey of 2012 voters to establish their views of the priorities for the nation moving forward.And Voters Had a Lot to Say Too
Last night was a good night for President Obama, Democrats, progressives and the country – and the voters had a lot to say about what determined their vote and what they want done to bring change. Democracy Corps has partnered with a range of progressive groups...
Obama closing with a 4-point lead
The final national survey for Democracy Corps shows Obama ahead with a 4-point lead in the presidential race, 49 to 45 percent (actually, 3.8 points to be exact). This represents a slight improvement since our last poll, which fielded before the final...NPR Poll: Obama maintains lead in battleground in a close national contest
The latest bi-partisan survey conducted for National Public Radio by Democracy Corps and Resurgent Republic shows a close presidential race nationally, but with the President winning re-election. His lead in the battleground states for an Electoral College...
