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The Tragedy of the Commons Writ Large in Congress
Pundits' and news commentators' fixation on who is going to win control of the House and Senate in the midterm election is a secondary issue to many Americans, who are more concerned with what is going to happen to their government after the ...
Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party
Could the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement signify a return to enthusiasm on the other side of the spectrum from what we saw last year? Enthusiasm in a political situation often comes from rabid opposition to something.
Americans Believe GOP Should Consider Tea Party Ideas
About 7 in 10 national adults, including 88% of Republicans, say it's important that Republican leaders in Congress take the Tea Party movement's positions and objectives into account as they address the nation's problems.
Debt Crisis Update: Boehner, Tea Party, Obama, Economic Confidence
You may have missed this point in our recent analysis of our July 27 poll: Speaker of the House John Boehner is doing a lot better with the Tea Party wing of his party than with the non-Tea Party wing. The data are based on fairly small sample ...
Obama Rates Higher Than Boehner, Reid on Debt Situation
Americans are more likely to approve of the way President Obama is handling the debt ceiling situation than they are to approve of the handling of the situation by Speaker of the House John Boehner or Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, although ...
Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street, and Steve Jobs
No one to my knowledge has yet done a survey of the protestors connected with the "Occupy Wall Street" movement in New York City and elsewhere, but news reports of a union connection and the general focus of their objectives leads one to believe ...
Tea Party Supporters Backing Perry for GOP Nomination
Republicans who support the Tea Party movement favor Rick Perry by 21 points over any other GOP presidential candidate. Mitt Romney and Perry tie among Tea Party nonsupporters. Perry also is a slight favorite over Romney among Republicans who ...
Republicans See Gingrich, Romney as "Acceptable" Nominees
Newt Gingrich (62%) and Mitt Romney (54%) are the only candidates a majority of Republicans say would be acceptable presidential nominees from their party, emphasizing the degree to which the GOP race has narrowed down to these two men at this ...
Democrats Enjoy Slight Edge on 2012 Congressional Ballot
Gallup's first measure of the 2012 congressional elections shows Democrats with a slight lead over Republicans, 51% to 44%, among registered voters nationally -- better than they generally fared in 2010 but worse than in the prior two ...
Tea Party Supporters Overlap Republican Base
There is significant overlap between Americans who identify as supporters of the Tea Party movement and those who identify as conservative Republicans. Their similar ideological makeup and views suggest that the Tea Party is more a rebranding of ...