ZOGBY: Obama Report Card - Obama shifts from deeds to legacy building

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Published: Monday, 01 April 2013 16:16

Grade for March 26 – April 1: C
 
"This was a holiday week so at least there was an excuse for little action. The stock markets are healthy but GDP growth has slowed. Cyprus is scary and causing some jitters among some in the chattering classes about Russian bullying and financial crisis dominoes toppling. Kim Jong Un says that the Koreas are now officially in a state of war and he must be taken seriously. L'il Kim also threatened retaliation against the U.S. even though North Korea's missiles never get past their own beaches. And the Supreme Court heard arguments about two cases involving gay marriage -- an issue that now leading conservatives have begun to throw in the towel. President Obama made an emotional appeal on gun control but that seemed more for his legacy than for any real accomplishment. All in all, the week was a wash for Mr. Obama."
 
 

The Great Optimism Divide

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Published: Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:12

By: John Zogby
Forbes.com Contributor

The nation is divided on so many things: God, guns, gay marriage, Obamacare, the fiscal cliff, abortion, the President's job performance, and optimism. Optimism? Even that. Now on the surface, Americans are feeling better about the next fours than they have in a while: 53% told us in our March 14-15 Zogby Poll that they were "very optimistic" or somewhat optimistic" about "the next four years in America". Four in ten (42%), however, said they were either "very pessimistic" or "somewhat pessimistic". 

But what is puzzling - actually troubling - is what this pollster sees in the cross-tabulations. It doesn't appear that optimism or pessimism has that much to do with people's lives and the sense of their own personal future. For starters, if you supported President Obama's re-election, then you are optimistic. If you did not, you are pessimistic. So the real metric here seems to be based on ideology. Thus, 84% of Democrats are optimistic while 28% of Republicans are optimistic. One exception: only 40% of independents are optimistic, 50% are pessimistic. Yet independents voted for Mr. Obama. 

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Robert L. Johnson Releases a National African American Opinion Poll On The Obama Presidency, Unemployment, Economic Opportunity and Social Issues

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Published: Tuesday, 26 March 2013 16:45

Black Opinions in the Age of Obama: Results of a National Zogby Poll

BETHESDA, MD// MARCH 26, 2013–Robert L. Johnson, founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies and founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), today announced the results of a national poll commissioned by Zogby Analytics that reveals current African American sentiment on a range of issues that include the state of national affairs, race relations, employment, and a variety of current political and social issues. Johnson announced the results of the Zogby poll during his remarks today at a National Press Club Luncheon.

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