by DC Team | Jun 11, 2012 | Archives, Rewriting the Rules of the Economy
What is clear from this fresh look at public consciousness on the economy is how difficult this period has been for both non-college-educated and college-educated voters – and how vulnerable the prevailing narratives articulated by national Democratic leaders are.[1] ...
by DC Team | Feb 15, 2012 | Archives, Rewriting the Rules of the Economy
Voters across the political spectrum reacted very favorably to President Obama’s focus on creating an economy “built to last” in his 2012 State of the Union address, according to dial tests and follow-up discussions with 50 swing voters in Denver,...
by DC Team | Jan 25, 2012 | Archives, Rewriting the Rules of the Economy
Dial testing and follow-up focus groups with 50 swing voters in Denver, Colorado show that President Obama’s populist defense of the middle class and their priorities in his State of the Union scored with voters.[1] The President generated strong responses...
by DC Team | Jan 24, 2012 | News
Campaign for America’s Future and Democracy Corps Poll Finds Strong Support for President Obama and Overwhelming Backlash Against Wall Street and Money in Politics. A poll by Democracy Corps of progressives attending the Campaign for America’s Future Take Back the...
by DC Team | Nov 10, 2011 | Archives, Rewriting the Rules of the Economy
The new progressive coalition shared an antipathy toward George W. Bush and his worldview, opposition to the Iraq War, and frustration with the lack of income and job growth – even before the economic crisis. They came to share a belief in Barack Obama. But then...
by DC Team | Apr 16, 2010 | Archives
Report on Democracy Corps focus groups conducted with independents and weak partisans in Bala Cynwyd Pennsylvania and Denver Colorado.
by DC Team | Feb 2, 2010 | Archives, Rewriting the Rules of the Economy
Voter reaction to the president’s economic discussion in the State of the Union shows that Democrats have a lot to learn about their economic narrative in the coming year. Voters responded very positively to the president’s turn to jobs as priority number...
by DC Team | Oct 16, 2009 | News
The self-identifying conservative Republicans who make up the base of the Republican Party stand a world apart from the rest of America, according to focus groups conducted by Democracy Corps. These base Republican voters dislike Barack Obama to be sure – which...
by DC Team | Aug 25, 2008 | Archives, Macomb County
Going into the Democratic convention, Barack Obama remains a candidate with unique strengths and unique challenges. He has yet to close the deal with many white, working-class voters who normally vote Democratic. Winning back these Democratic defectors and Reagan...
