The recently completed “Wealth in America” survey done for CNBC by Dem pollster Peter Hart, and GOP pollster (and my biz partner) Bill McInturff, had an interesting question on the unused TARP money. The survey was conducted December 1-3, 2009 among 808 adults.
The question:
There is some two hundred billion dollars left over from the federal [...]
Could Libertarian cult-icon Neil Peart – drummer and song-writer for the Canadian band Rush – be the Idea Man of the GOP? If it’s true, he would be on the cutting edge of an already large and growing constituency: voters who don’t trust government.
And, it’s not just when it comes to health care.
The enclosed tunes [...]
This post was written by Glen Bolger and Jim Hobart.
While much attention is (rightfully) being paid to President Obama’s approval rating dipping below 50% in numerous tracking polls, his approval numbers on issues have also continued their downward descent that began months ago.
According to a recent Bloomberg survey, the top four issues among Americans are [...]
President Obama announced on Tuesday that the government is going to spend more money to create new jobs. No doubt, with unemployment still over the double-digit threshold we certainly need new jobs – but is more spending by the government really the answer?
Not according to the public in a slew of recently released public polls:
Six-in-ten Americans think [...]
(This post was written by Glen Bolger and Jim Hobart.)
President Obama’s speech outlining his plans for the war in Afghanistan going forward has already generated a lot of very interesting polling data. A recent Quinnipiac survey tested approval of the surge, approval of the timeline for withdrawal, and belief that the withdrawal would actually occur [...]
In case you missed it, America’s unemployment rate passed into double-digits and is now at 10.0 percent.
This is a hardship on Americans that has only happened ONE other time in the Post War era: 1982. What happened the last time unemployment broke the ten-point barrier? In 1982, Republicans who held the White House under President [...]
