Opinion · 118th Congress
In elections, a win is a win. And Republicans won
As a result, independents split their vote between both parties, and Republicans lost them by 2 points (47 percent to 49 percent).
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Opinion · 117th Congress
‘Change that subject’: Biden’s economic pivot lasted 48 hours as midterms turn spooky for Democrats
With so many involved in toss-up races, it is now more than reasonable to see a potential GOP majority margin of as high as 53-47.
Opinion · 117th Congress
‘What happened to your country?’: The poisoned well of the Trump era
Both figures are up sharply since 2016, when 47 percent of Republicans called Democrats “immoral,” and 35 percent of Democrats used that word for GOP members. “Dishonest.”
Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden talks inflation: Another swing and a miss
Voters also did not believe that the president and Democrats will lower costs for working families and invest in strengthening the supply chain (40 percent believed, while 47 percent did not).
Opinion · 117th Congress
As Biden repeats Obama’s mistakes, get ready for 2010 redux
Overall, his job rating in our Nov. 22-24 Winning the Issues survey was 42 percent approve to 47 percent disapprove.
Opinion · 117th Congress
With Democrats in the doldrums, just how much is Biden to blame?
Since the end of June, Biden has seen his approval rating for handling COVID-19 sharply decline from 62 percent to 47 percent in the Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Opinion · 117th Congress
GOP has to make 2022 about policy, not personality
Given the huge Democratic edge in party registration — 47 percent Democrat, 24 percent Republican and 29 percent independent — any California Republican looking to win statewide has to not only do well
Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden’s dug a hole for himself, but he keeps digging
Biden has gone from 55 percent to 35 percent approve/disapprove seven months ago to 45 percent to 47 percent today.
Opinion · 117th Congress
As Democrats go hard left, Hispanics head to the center
A poll done last fall found that while liberal Democrats, who currently define their party, supported socialism over capitalism, 44 percent to 36 percent, Hispanics disagreed, supporting capitalism 47
Opinion · 117th Congress
Joe Manchin is a bona fide centrist. Deal with it
In a May 22-25 Fox News Poll, 47 percent of voters said the Biden administration was proposing too much of an increase in government spending, while only 33 percent said it was the right amount.
Opinion · 117th Congress
If corporations are people, they just might have an opinion
The Brennan Center for Justice estimated that, as of late March, legislators had introduced 361 bills with restrictive provisions in 47 states.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Biden at bat: ‘There is no joy in Mudville’
Among the remaining 3 out of 4 voters who said a candidate’s policy positions on issues were more important, Trump won 53 percent to 47 percent, which explains, in part, why Biden was unable to translate
Opinion · 116th Congress
If you don’t like the Supreme Court, blame Harry Reid
Independents opposed it 17 percent to 47 percent.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Why Georgia will be the wildest ride in politics heading into 2020
Despite a lockstep allegiance to the president that sometimes looks like a three-legged race, Perdue has managed to keep his own favorability well in net-positive territory (47 percent favorable/
Opinion · 116th Congress
Unlike Joe Biden, I was a pro-busing Democrat in 1972
What stays with me 47 years after my only foray into electoral politics is the anger. Not the rage of demonstrators shouting racist epithets.
Opinion · 116th Congress
This isn’t Nancy Pelosi’s first impeachment rodeo
More recently, a USA Today/Suffolk University poll, released Monday and conducted March 13-17, found that 50 percent of voters thought the Mueller investigation was a “witch hunt,” while 47 percent
Opinion · 116th Congress
Trump’s latest self-inflicted wound: Medicare cuts
Enough Republicans are likely to join the 47 Democrats to offer a thumbs-down verdict on Trump using his emergency powers to circumvent congressional appropriations and fund the wall.
Opinion · 116th Congress
A Kamala Harris candidacy is a test, and not just for the candidate
And it was 47 years ago this week that Shirley Chisholm launched her campaign for president.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Trump’s reading list: Start with dictionary, look up ‘wall’
Though Romney himself has dipped his toe in the swamp of “birtherism” in his presidential campaign against Barack Obama, written off “47 percent” of Americans he characterized as seeing themselves
Opinion · 115th Congress
All Is Not Lost for Republicans in the Suburbs
Forty-four percent of suburban voters said the country was on the right track, compared to 47 percent who said it was heading in the wrong direction.