Majority Supports Path to Citizenship; Greater Division on Other Social Issues
Most Americans support a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, an issue that may be high on the agenda of newly re-elected President Obama and the 113th Congress, given the increased importance of nonwhites – including Hispanic voters – in the nation’s political equation. On… Read More »
EmailA New Revolution?
Those of us who came of age in the 1980s witnessed a spectacular political transformation in this country. Across a generation, from 1980 through 2003, one political party consistently gained adherents, and the other lost them. The status quo was upended; new imperatives came to… Read More »
A Draw on the Economy, a Win on Empathy – and the Face of a Changing Nation
Barack Obama neutralized Mitt Romney on the economy, beat him on empathy and again turned the curve of America’s demographic change to Democratic advantage, winning a second term despite an unemployment rate that posed a major threat to his re-election campaign. Deeply vulnerable on an economy… Read More »
Latinos Endorse Legal Abortion
Big majorities of Latinos across the country and other voters agreed that abortion should be legal, including nearly equal shares of men and women, according to exit polling. Exit poll results found that about two-thirds of Hispanics (66%) said that abortion should be legal while… Read More »
Majority of Latinos Support State Recognition of Gay Marriage
Hispanic voters were more likely than other voters to say they would approve if their state recognized same-sex marriage, according to preliminary exit poll results. Nearly six-in-ten Latino voters (59%) said their state should legally recognize same-sex marriage while 32% said their state should not. … Read More »
Florida Latinos More Divided on Obama
A first look at preliminary Florida exit poll results finds Florida Hispanics with more divided feelings about the Obama administration than Latinos nationally and a somewhat more favorable view of Republican nominee Mitt Romney. Check the ABC News Live Blog for updates throughout the day and results… Read More »
A Slim Edge Opens for Obama As the Closest Contest Concludes
Barack Obama has inched to a slim advantage in the closing days of the 2012 presidential race, breaking out of a long-running deadlock with Mitt Romney to a 50-47 percent contest in the final-weekend tracking poll by ABC News and The Washington Post. Tune in… Read More »
Leadership Ratings Help Obama; 50 Percent Approval, Not So Much
Barack Obama has maintained a sizable advantage over Mitt Romney in trust to handle a major crisis and regained his lead in being seen as the stronger leader, wielding the benefits of incumbency to stay competitive, economic discontent aside, in the razor-close 2012 election. Obama… Read More »
Romney Rises in Favorability; Obama’s Pushback Is Intensity
After lagging for months at historic lows, Mitt Romney’s personal popularity has advanced in the final weekend to its highest of the 2012 campaign, rivaling Barack Obama’s. But Obama pushes back with greater enthusiasm among his supporters – and the race itself remains a tie…. Read More »
55% “Wrong Track” Matches 2004; A Difficulty for Obama, but Survivable
Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty ImagesDays before the verdict on his bid for a second term, the bad news for Barack Obama is that most likely voters think the country is headed seriously off on the wrong track. The better news for Obama: Previous incumbents have survived the… Read More »