The Great Optimism Divide
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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.
Robert L. Johnson Releases a National African American Opinion Poll On The Obama Presidency, Unemployment, Economic Opportunity and Social Issues
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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.
BET Founder Addresses National Press Club - Video Link
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Black Entertainment Television (BET) Founder Bob Johnson speaks at a National Press Club luncheon. Mr. Johnson's address focuses on starting businesses, closing the unemployment gap, and the wage gap between black and white Americans.
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JOHN ZOGBY: President Obama had an average week in Israel
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President Obama had an average week in Israel
John Zogby's Obama Weekly Report Card Featured in Paul Bedard's "Washington Secrets" Published weekly in The Washington Examiner
Grade for March 19 – March 25: C