The Atlantic: Americans Are Losing Confidence in the Nation but Still Believe in Themselves
By MARK PENN Published June 27, 2012 A new poll on values shows that there’s less faith in Washington, Wall Street, and even God. But Americans still think they can get anything they want through sheer hard work. America’s values are in upheaval, triggered by the advance of technology, prolonged […]
Time Magazine: In Search of the Changing American Voter
By MARK PENN Published June 21, 2012 The 137 million voters registered to go to the polls this November will not look like the 131 million who voted for President in 2008. And they are vastly different from the 96 million who voted the year Bill Clinton was re-elected. The […]
Time Ideas: Was Obama’s Immigration Announcement Good Politics?
TIME IDEAS Was Obama’s Immigration Announcement Good Politics? The Republican strategist and Democratic pollster in their biweekly face-off about Election 2012 Penn: Obama’s announcement that the administration will stop deporting young undocumented immigrants is a win for the president on all levels. This order functionally enacts parts of the […]