The overwhelming majority of Americans still think the economy is currently bad, and a plurality think they are worse off than they were a year ago.  Despite that, a large majority think the economy will be much better next year. From USA Today/Gallup: Though an overwhelming 71% rate economic conditions as poor, a 58% majority [...]

Mitt Romney now holds a three point national lead over President Obama according to the newest NYT/CBS News poll. The poll found that 46 percent of registered voters say they would choose Romney while just 43 percent say they would back Obama. This represents a small drop in support for Obama compared to last month [...]

An overwhelming majority of Americans, 60 percent, say that President Obama’s support for same-sex marriage will make no difference in how they plan to vote this November according to Gallup. The only group where a majority said it would impact their vote was Republicans, with 52 percent saying it would make them less likely to [...]

This November voters in California will likely be deciding whether or not to raise taxes. Yesterday, California Democratic Governor Jerry Brown and fellow supporters turned in what should be more than enough signatures to get their tax measure qualified. From the San Francisco Chronicle: Gov. Jerry Brown and backers of his tax initiative submitted petitions [...]

Optimism about the state of the economy dropped since earlier this year, according to a new AP-GfK poll. In February 30 percent of the country called the state of the economy good, now just 20 percent of the country feels that way. Perhaps even more importantly from a political perspective is that there has been [...]

Even before President Obama announced his personal support for marriage equality, the political issue of gay marriage was going to be unavoidable this November. Gay marriage was already guaranteed to be part of the political discourse this cycle because it was already on the ballot in at least two states this November. In Maine the [...]

Florida and Ohio are again living up to their reputations of being the big presidential swing states. Two new polls show that in both states President Obama and Mitt Romney are currently tied. A new poll from Suffolk University found that Obama holds only a single point lead in Florida Suffolk University (5/6-5/8) Obama 46% [...]

Last night in Indiana long time Republican incumbent senator Richard Lugar lost a primary challenge to State Treasurer Richard Mourdock. Thanks to the state’s “sore loser law” there is no way Lugar can win the election. Lugar’s loss has basically guaranteed that the Republican senate caucus will be more unified, partisan and less compromising. At [...]

Today has turned into a remarkably eventful May 8th primary. Significant contested elections are currently taking place in Indiana, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. Indiana – Today we may witness the very rare occurrence of a sitting Senator losing a primary. Long time Republican incumbent Dick Lugar appears to be in bad shape heading into today’s [...]

Half the country supports gay marriage, while roughly half thinks it shouldn’t be recognized by the law according to a new poll of American adults from Gallup. This is a small drop in support from 2011 and slight reversal of a recent trend.  Slightly more Americans support same-sex marriage than oppose it, but the nation [...]