For Democrats and Liberals, Failure to Get a Tax Increase on People Earning $250,000 or More May be a Deal Breaker. On the topic of taxing the rich, Democrats seem to enjoy an enthusiasm gap over Republicans. Four-in-five Democrats (80%) and liberals (84%) favor increasing taxes on families making over $250,000 per year. Only 8% of Democrats and 4% of liberals oppose taxing high income Americans, according to the latest Economist/YouGov Poll (Week of 2/11/2012). By contrast, among Republicans 34% ... read more
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
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
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
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
“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
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
Did the the contraception contretemps hurt Obama's standing among Catholic voters? Despite endless speculation about this, evidence has been in short supply. With some newly ... read more
Attitudes about tax policy are an important aspect of the dynamics of public opinion about how best to deal with the current federal deficit and ... read more