Posted Jan 21, 2011 at 9:29 AM by Maurice Berger
As Political Wire notes, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll reveals a potentially significant change in public perception about President Obama:
40% see him as a moderate, as compared with 45% who see him
as a liberal and 11% who view him as a conservative. The number of voters who see him as moderate
is the highest ever for Obama in the WSJ/NBC poll.
Tagged: 2011, moderate voters, President Barack Obama, presidential approval ratings, voter expectations
Posted Jan 15, 2010 at 8:53 AM by Maurice Berger
Despite the inroads made by Democrats in recent years--and the historic election of Barack Obama as president--more Americans consider themselves conservative relative to other political mindsets: "The increased conservatism . . . identified among Americans
last June persisted throughout the year, so that the final year-end
political ideology figures confirm Gallup’s initial reporting:
conservatives (40%) outnumbered both moderates (36%) and liberals (21%)
across the nation in 2009." PollTrack points out that the combined total of moderates and liberals--now at 61%--far outnumbers conservatives. So it's hard to say if Gallup figure has broader meaning relative to changes in the electorate.
Tagged: 2010, conservative voters, liberal, moderate voters