Microtransactions and Beyond
She told you so. Washington elites, it turns out, do look down their noses at Sarah Palin. The former Alaska GOP governor has been saying it for more than two years now, and a new POLITICO poll released Wednesday suggests she’s right. Just 11 percent of the D.C. elites surveyed […]
A majority of voters see the midterm election as a referendum on Barack Obama, but most have not decided whether they’ll vote against the president in 2012, according to a poll by The Hill. Seventy percent of respondents in The Hill’s latest survey of 10 battleground districts said their feelings […]
Republicans are headed for a blowout election win that seems certain to seize more than enough seats to knock out the Democrats and take control of the House. The Hill 2010 Midterm Election poll, surveying nearly 17,000 likely voters in 42 toss-up districts over four weeks, points to a massive […]
Nowhere are Democrats more clearly threatened with heavy defeat than in the South. Nov. 2 looks set to reverse a trend of recent elections that suggested the blue party might claw its way back in states dominated for a generation by the GOP. The Hill’s polling shows senior Democrats in […]
A majority of voters in key battleground races say President Obama has either brought no change to Washington or has brought change for the worse. In 10 competitive House districts, 41 percent of likely voters say Obama has brought change for the worse, and 30 percent say he has made […]
Two-term Democrats, whose victories helped secure the Speaker’s job for Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), are facing the possibility of a near-wipeout in the Nov. 2 election. Of 10 reelection races involving sophomore Democrats, Republican challengers are ahead in six and tied in two more, according to The Hill 2010 Midterm […]
By MARK PENN October 18, 2010 Most things in politics are cyclical. The two parties trade power, popular support, and even politicians as regularly as the seasons. One exception to this rule, however, is party reputation. For years, Republicans have been seen as the party of negativity—the party of innuendo […]
The Republican Party’s focus on reducing the federal deficit may be resonating with independent voters who could swing the midterm elections. While Democrats and Republicans split along predictable partisan lines on the question of whether the government should prioritize spending on jobs or cutting the deficit, independents in 10 battleground […]
The Hill: Poll: Majority of voters say they want a viable third party in American politics October 13, 2010 A majority of likely voters think a viable third party would be good for American politics, according to a new poll of likely voters in 10 key open House districts. Those […]
The Hill: Poll: Republicans are up in 8 of 10 open House districts October 13, 2010 Republicans are winning eight out of 10 competitive open House seats surveyed in a groundbreaking new poll by The Hill. Taken on top of 11 GOP leads out of 12 freshman Democratic districts polled […]
Mark Penn is the President and Managing Partner of The Stagwell Group, a private equity fund focused on the marketing services industry.