Political Climate

Resurgent Republic helps define the ongoing political landscape by indentifying emerging national issues and measuring voters’ perception of political figures and parties.

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More Voters Hold Unfavorable than Favorable View of Occupy Wall Street Movement

Posted on November 08, 2011 | Polling Analysis | Political Climate
Resurgent Republic conducted a survey of 1000 American voters October 30 through November 2, 2011, with full results available here. Following are key highlights pertaining to the Occupy Wall Street Movement:
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Balanced Budget Amendment

Medium Between August 28-31, 2011, Resurgent Republic conducted its latest survey of 1000 American voters. The survey finds President Obama's standing among voters in real jeopardy. President Obama's joint session address on the economy will be received by an electorate that questions his leadership and believes his policies have made things worse. By almost every measure, President Obama's prospects for reelection are bad, and barring a dramatic turnaround in the economy, Obama is very vulnerable to defeat next year.
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Debt Ceiling Debate

Medium Between August 28-31, 2011, Resurgent Republic conducted its latest survey of 1000 American voters. The survey finds President Obama's standing among voters in real jeopardy. President Obama's joint session address on the economy will be received by an electorate that questions his leadership and believes his policies have made things worse. By almost every measure, President Obama's prospects for reelection are bad, and barring a dramatic turnaround in the economy, Obama is very vulnerable to defeat next year.
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Voters See No End in Sight to Economic Decline

Resurgent Republic sponsored a series of focus groups in June in four battleground states: Pennsylvania, Virginia, Florida, and Colorado. We measured voter sentiments on the current state of the economy, increasing the debt ceiling, and the debate over Medicare. We also probed voter opinion regarding President Obama’s handling of the economy and whether voters believe President Obama has put forward the right policies to spur job growth.
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Government Employee Unions

Posted on March 09, 2011 | Polling Analysis
Medium Voters overwhelmingly believe workers should not be required to join a union to work in a unionized workplace. Even half of Democratic voters agree with that sentiment. Relative to the debate over government employee compensation playing out in many states, voters tend to side strongly with those advocating the need to get public pay and benefits under control, and see those benefits as overly generous and threatening to the future of the country.
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Independents and Republicans Still Believe the Country is on the Wrong Track

Medium Independent voters, who drove the Republican wave in the 2010 election, continue to prefer conservative over liberal policies on fiscal issues, energy, education, and health care. As was the case throughout the fall campaign, Independents look a lot more like Republicans than Democrats in their policy choices, even when considering the broader sample of registered voters.
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