According to this new ABC News/Washington Post poll President Obama’s approval rating has climbed back up to 49% (up 7% points from when he had a 42% approval in October.) 49% doesn’t sound all that great until you compare it to the putrid popularity of the Republicans in Congress who have an awful 20% approval [...]

It should be unsurprising that Occupy Wall Street is viewed favorably by most Americans since they are representing the interests of 99% of us. According to this new poll 54% of Americans view the movement favorably vs. only 23% who do not. Only 23% say they have no opinion of the movement which shows how [...]

This new Washington Post poll shows that everything the Republicans are pushing for (Medicare cuts, Medicaid cuts, Social Security cuts, and even lower taxes on the rich) has very little public support. On the other hand 72% of Americans support what President Obama thinks is necessary: Increased taxes on those making over $250,000/year (ie: letting [...]

Do you think that the President’s compromise to cut the deficit by $4 trillion with massive spending cuts balanced with modest tax increases on the wealthiest Americans (98% of Americans would see no tax increase) sounds like a reasonable idea? Do you think it sounds a lot better than the Republican plan which cuts the [...]

According to polling from the Washington Post 72% of Americans (including a majority of Republican voters!) disagree with Republican politicians (and agree with President Obama) – tax increases on the rich should be a part of balancing the US budget. The majority isn’t always right; but in this case they clearly are. The Bush tax [...]

Yesterday Democrat Janice Hahn beat Republican Craig Huey 55% to 45% in a special election for the open House seat in California’s 36th district. In May the Democratic Party won an open House seat in NY-26 which was quite remarkable as NY-26 is a red district. CA-36 is a blue district so this victory is [...]

The Washington Post has come out with the first poll on President Obama’s approval rating taken entirely after the targeted killing of Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan (killing Bin Laden in Pakistan was a part of Obama’s 2008 campaign platform.) The result of this poll is 56%. This is good but not great news for [...]

According to the latest Washington Post/ABC News poll President Obama holds a lead against all of his potential Republican challengers in the 2012 general election. Obama holds healthy leads over most of the GOP possibilities but his lead is only 4% points against Mitt Romney. Obama 49%, Romney 45% Obama 50%, Mike Huckabee 44% Obama [...]

Some of the likely GOP presidential candidates have started to weigh in on the 2012 budget being proposed by Republican Paul Ryan. What’s most notable about this budget is that it includes the elimination of Medicare and Medicaid along with even more tax cuts for the wealthy. Not only that but it would actually increase [...]

For the first time a reputable national poll shows majority support among Americans for equal marriage rights for gay couples. The new Washington Post/ABC News poll 53% of Americans support gay marriage. This is up significantly from the same poll five years ago when only 36% of Americans said they supported gay marriage. Meanwhile the [...]