Public Opinion Strategies

“I don’t have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It’s a depression. Everybody’s out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel’s worth. Banks are going bust. Shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter. Punks are running wild in the street. There’s nobody anywhere seems [...] Read more

(This post was written by Glen Bolger and Jim Hobart.)
As the economy remains in turmoil, evidenced by a weakening dollar and unemployment continuing to move toward 10%, the question many Republicans ask is when blame for the poor economy will be shifted from the Bush administration to the Obama administration. However, this is the wrong [...] Read more

The semi-secret Democracy Corps poll that I’ve been blogging about all week (here, here, and here) is chock-full of heavenly data.  It really is interesting — and my focus spurred our friends on the left to write a response. 
The last analysis I’m going to write on it focuses on their economic message testing for the two [...] Read more

The semi-secret Democracy Corps poll, about which I have already blogged here and here, is chock full of interesting data, and today I’m going to analyze the shift in their party issue handling numbers.  Our friends over at Democracy Corps beg to differ with my analysis thus far, and so have written a response piece [...] Read more

By Jay McCleskey, Partner, Lincoln Strategy Group
Nicole McCleskey, Partner, Public Opinion Strategies
 
The Albuquerque Journal labeled the RJ Berry win in the mayoral race “a move to the right.” That is a true statement. But it’s not just because a Republican mayor was elected for the first time in over 20 years. It’s where that movement [...] Read more

Okay, it’s only “semi-secret” because Democracy Corps put it on their website.  However, they did so without any of their usual fanfare — email blasts, press releases, and James Carville ruminating on the numbers.  Yesterday’s first article on it showed the rapid decline in the political environment since April.
They also asked how well a series [...] Read more

A friend kindly sent me this blog post on a recent Democracy Corps poll that did not receive the usual Democracy Corps publicity treatment (and their usual work is noted with envy, not criticism).  In fact, as the blogger notes, there has been little to no press attention paid to the survey.
So, since my friends [...] Read more

You would never know it by reading the rock-and-roll press: metal band AC/DC has sold more records in the U.S. than Michael Jackson or Bruce Springsteen. More than 200 million albums world-wide and trail only the Beatles as the second best selling act EVER. “Back In Black” is the second best-selling album in history – [...] Read more

As you know, I’ve been closely monitoring public opinion among Independents for some time now. A few of my recent postings have highlighted this key sub-group, noting their shift away from President Obama and the various policies he is trying to pursue.
Until now, these shifts have been emerging trends, but yesterday, Fox News/Opinion Dynamics released [...] Read more

The story shaping up for the 2009 elections might be Republican vote intensity. 
 
We witnessed this Republican enthusiasm last week in the Albuquerque mayor’s race.  It is one thing to say polling indicates we could have a high Republican turnout election.  It is quite another to see it work first-hand.  In Albuquerque, Republicans were just [...] Read more