Opinion · 119th Congress
The electorate’s inflation report card: January update
↵↵On the positive side, although 47 percent of the electorate still thought that inflation was getting worse, that number is down from 57 percent in our November survey.
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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).
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Too close to call? When is a dead heat really a dead heat?
On the other hand, when an incumbent leads 49 percent to 47 percent, the challenger needs to win nearly all undecided voters or flip voters who have already made up their minds to vote to reelect
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
Will Biden’s 2022 midterms be worse than Obama’s in 2010?
the election year, voters’ confidence in Obama’s handling of the economy, the No. 1 issue, was heading south as voters said they had more confidence in Republicans to handle the economy by 5 points (47
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
Kamala Harris is right: Virginia result will resonate in 2022, 2024 and beyond
whom they had more confidence to handle that issue, Youngkin easily won four of the five top issues over McAuliffe by solid margins: economy/jobs (55 percent to 44 percent); education (53 percent to 47
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
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 · 117th Congress
Americans are hesitant to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Washington must do more
A March 10-13 CBS News poll revealed that only 47 percent of Republicans had already received the vaccine or planned to do so, compared with 71 percent of Democrats.
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
To win, Trump must focus on the economy in campaign’s remaining days
Almost 1 in 5 voters had an unfavorable view of both candidates, and they eventually broke for Trump 47 percent to 30 percent.
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
The ‘invisible’ people who pay the price for Trump’s COVID malpractice
(When a 2012 tape leaked of GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney dismissively saying that “47 percent” of Americans were “dependent on the government” and “believe they are victims,” I knew right away
Opinion · 116th Congress
Hand-to-hand combat in Cleveland and nobody wins
Perhaps Trump’s most effective moment last night was when he told Biden, “I’ve done more in 47 months … than you’ve done in 47 years.”