Mark Penn served as senior adviser and pollster to Bill and Hillary Clinton from 1995 to 2008. He is president of the Stagwell Group. Last week's Democratic mini-wave has party members elated, and there is no question that the party is poised for gains in 2018 and perhaps 2020. Capitalizing on this opportunity means first understanding that Nov. 7 showed that moderate candidates offer the best chance for a bigger victory in 2018 and beyond. And to attract these candidates, Democrats need to fix their party...
A majority of voters oppose the Republican tax-reform bill and believe it will hurt them financially, according to a new poll. According to the latest Harvard-Harris Poll survey, 54 percent say they oppose the Republican tax reform bill. The same amount — 54 percent — say the GOP plan is more likely to hurt them financially. Three-quarters of Republicans say it will help them financially, while 77 percent of Democrats and 56 percent of independents say it will hurt them...
President Trump’s job approval rating hit a new low in November and has declined for three months straight, according to the latest Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll. The survey found that 41 percent approve of the job Trump is doing, compared to 59 percent who disapprove. That’s down from a 45 percent approval in September and the previous low of 42 percent, which Trump hit in October. Trump peaked in the Harvard CAPS-Harris survey at 49 percent approval in March...
Americans ‘evenly split’ over need to regulate Facebook and other big tech
Voters in the US are evenly divided over whether to regulate technology companies like Google, Twitter and Facebook that enable the targeting of users based on their political interests, according to a survey that suggests many Americans remain undecided over whether Silicon Valley is a force for good...
Poll: Trump job approval dips to new low in Harvard-Harris poll
President Trump’s job approval rating has swung to a new low in the Harvard-Harris poll, after briefly rebounding last month, according to the latest poll from Harvard-Harris. Forty-two percent approve of the job President Trump is doing, while 58 percent say they disapprove, according to the latest Harvard-Harris survey...