Public Opinion Strategies

Democrats are saying the November election will be a CHOICE and not a referendum. Republicans said the same thing in 2006. How well will it work for the Democrats this time?
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By Neil Newhouse & Alex Bratty
Last week we gave you a brief overview of Walmart Moms and why they are the quintessential swing voter this November. In this posting, we dig a little deeper into our national survey results* to profile the economic and personal stress these women are carrying with them daily…and potentially into [...] Read more

On Sunday, January 24th, the lead op-ed in the Sunday Outlook section of the Washington Post was written by Glen Bolger and Neil Newhouse.
Here are some of the highlights from the article:
We had the privilege of serving as pollsters in two of these three victorious Republican campaigns, in Virginia and in Massachusetts, and we found [...] Read more

Note: Neil Newhouse is proud to have served as the pollster for the Brown for Senate campaign and the National Republican Senatorial Committee in this race.
The Scott Brown victory was indeed the perfect storm – a terrific and engaging candidate, a tremendous campaign team, an issue environment that was strongly tilted away from the national [...] Read more

By Neil Newhouse and Lisa Valentine
Barack Obama started his term as president with one of the higher initial presidential approval ratings in recent history (64% according to Pew).  However, his approval score has fallen further and faster than any elected US President since the era of modern polling.  (Just so you know, I am defining [...] Read more

Remember this line from The Perfect Storm uttered by Bobby Shatford (Mark Wahlberg)?
Skip, what are we gonna do about those numbers? They suck.
Kind of captures how The White House may be looking at the recent flurry of negative polls showing the President’s approval rating sinking, the air going out of his health care proposal and [...] Read more

Slow down, you move too fast
You’ve got to make the morning last
Just kickin’ down the cobble stones
Looking for fun and feelin’ groovy!
Abundant apologies to Simon and Garfunkel, but doesn’t the recent CBS national poll regarding Obama and his policies reflect a public that believe he’s breaking the speed limit with his policies and has little [...] Read more

By Neil Newhouse and Jeremy Ruch
Recent surveys by The New York Times/CBS News and NBC News/Wall Street Journal highlight two emerging trends in American public opinion – Americans are increasingly worried about the federal budget deficit, and they’re skeptical about the efficacy of Obama’s economic plans.
The data is pretty clear: Read more

When asked about the nation’s most [...] Read more

May 19, 2009, Alexandria, VA – In a recent national survey of voters, Public Opinion Strategies found that fully 69% of Americans support the use of “red-light cameras” at the most dangerous intersections in their states, while just 29% oppose them. Read more

Those voters “strongly” supporting red-light cameras outnumber those who strongly oppose them by a wide 45%-18% margin. Read more

It’s of no surprise to anyone that the partisan gap between Republicans and Democrats has widened over the past two-three years.  Our recent national poll (April 19-21, 800 registered voters) pegs the partisan affiliation data at 30% GOP, 37% DEM and 32% IND.  In an effort to probe a little deeper into the GOP attrition, [...] Read more