Despite Macro Economic Growth, ‘Real Economy’ Declines for Real People
Citizen Opinion and the Center for American Progress have begun their economic tracking surveys which will take a serious look each month at how voters are experiencing the current economy and examine voters’ perceptions about if and when the economy will...Something is Happening
In the New York Times op-ed piece today, ‘A Win is a Win,’ we highlight some very big changes. Yes, there has been some movement on health care – before the vote – but more dramatic is the pull back from Republican members of Congress and their...The Economy and Politics of 2010
With unemployment now above 10 percent and still rising, a new survey by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and Democracy Corps reveals a country more pessimistic than at any point since the earliest days of the Obama presidency. An increasing number of voters think...
The Economy at a Sensitive Juncture
With GDP growth having finally returned, but unemployment still rising slowly toward 10 percent, the economy is at a sensitive juncture as an issue for the 2010 elections. Almost half of voters in the 60 most competitive Democratic and Republican congressional...
