Failure to Get a Tax Increase on People Earning $250,000 or More May be a Deal Breaker

Politics

Feb. 16, 2012

Compromise Or Not? Americans Favor Compromise For Both Gop And President Obama

By YouGov Staff



Despite the sometimes large partisan differences when it comes to important issues, both GOP and Democratic voters want compromise. Overall, 74% of Americans in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll (Week of 2/4/2012) want President Obama to compromise with Republicans, and 80% want Republicans to compromise ... read more

Feb. 16, 2012

Abortion, Global Warming, Gay Marriage Divide Partisans

By YouGov Staff



There are multiple issues that divide Republicans and Democrats — and they are both economic and social. For example, in this week’s Economist/YouGov Poll (Week of 2/4/2012), 64% of GOP voters think abortion should be mostly or always illegal. 69% of Democratic voters think ... read more

Consumer

Feb. 16, 2012

Super Bowl Advertisers Ten Days On

By Ted Marzilli



Doritos, Chevrolet, Bud Light and Budweiser have seen the greatest increase in consumer perception amongst Super Bowl advertisers in the ten days since the big game. Chevrolet’s enigmatic and controversial Clint Eastwood ad, “Made in Detroit", seems to have helped ... read more

Feb. 15, 2012

Despite Degeneres Storm JC Penney pulls ahead of Kohl's

By Ted Marzilli



JC Penney has not only weathered the Ellen Degeneres spokesperson storm, but pulled ahead of rival Kohl’s in consumer perception with its core female 18 – 49 audience in the US. Ironically, Republicans helped drive up the chain’s consumer perception ... read more

Life

Feb. 17, 2012

Greed is Bad

By YouGov Staff



 “Greed is good. Greed works.” Gordon Gekko, hero of the 1987 movie Wall Street, was the unabashed proponent of wealth and capitalism.  For Gekko money was all, and lunch was for wimps. Fast forward twenty-five years through one of the ... read more

Feb. 14, 2012

Top Ten Count Down

By Daisy Blacklock



We recently invited you to nominate just one single from 2011 that defined those twelve months in your eyes. It might have been a track from an artist who dominates the musical mainstream, with little chance of letting up, or ... read more